by Ian Seaton | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog
Cooling Efficiency Algorithms: Air-Side Economizers and Temperature Differentials I prefer the term “economizer” to “free cooling” for obvious enough reasons: It’s not free. Even air-side economization does not merely require opening the windows. Beyond fans to...
by Lars Strong | Nov 30, 2016 | Blog
3 Commonly Overlooked ‘Holes’ in Data Center Airflow Management As a result of rising computer room densities and increasing business demands, companies are pressured to reduce operating costs and increase cooling capacity in their data centers now more...
by Lars Strong | Sep 28, 2016 | Blog
Grommets: The Foundation of Cooling Efficiency in Raised Floor Data Centers Maintaining the cooling efficiency in any data center is an iterative process with many moving parts. It begins with the purchase and installation of cooling units, and is inevitably met with...
by Lars Strong | Sep 7, 2016 | Blog
The Bottom-Line Impact of Airflow Management in Colocation Facilities Many types of companies use colocation facilities – shared data centers – because they don’t have enough cabinets to justify their own data center, or they want the higher reliability of a...
by Ian Seaton | Aug 3, 2016 | Blog
Why the Relationship Between Data Center Efficiency and Cost Savings is So Commonly Misunderstood You may find this hard to believe, but every now and then I hear something like, “We spent a bunch of money on floor tile cut-out grommets for our data center and never...