As we previously discussed, the first step of understating the risks a data center faces is understanding the data center itself and its purpose. Once this is understood, we can then better understand the common issues that introduce risk. Unfortunately, many of these...

The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is an international nonprofit organization, and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Standards Developer, dedicated to improving the built environment's impact on climate and society. Founded in 2004, the...

First and foremost, what’s a data center? A data center is a building, or segregated area of a building whose sole purpose is to provide secure, highly available, and reliable IT services. We sometimes forget that when we’re in the world of power and cooling. These...