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[VIDEO] How Fan Affinity Laws Impact Fan Energy Savings
As we’ve previously discussed, cooling optimization is the process of making adjustments to the cooling system controls (such as raising temperature set points or reducing fan speeds). Therefore, the fan affinity laws (also simply referred to as “fan laws”) associated...
Does DeepSeek Solve the Problem of How to Power the AI Boom?
There has been a lot of talk over the past year about how much power will be needed to power AI-based data centers and serve generative AI (GenAI) applications like ChatGPT. Most estimates said the grid would be scores of GW short by 2030. Panic ensued about how new...
Data Center Cooling Effectiveness Versus Efficiency
Data center cooling is one of the most important aspects of data center design and operation. With the increasing density of IT equipment, both effectively and efficiently cooling IT loads is becoming more challenging than ever. For air cooled equipment, effective...
The Shifting Conversation on Managing Airflow Management: A Mini Case Study
Is managing airflow management redundant or superfluous or perhaps overly scrupulous? Nervously risking a loose biblical association, I would merely point out that …in the beginning… airflow management was a means for reducing data center equipment hot spots. The...
The Importance of Mutual Understanding Between IT and Facilities – Part 7b: Airflow Management Best Practices
Adhering to airflow management best practices can reduce required airflow volume and allow you to increase cooling unit set points, lowering energy fan costs, lowering chiller energy costs, and increasing free cooling hours. Server Virtualization Server virtualization...