Avoiding Overcooling in Data Centers
Data centers are known for their voracious appetite for energy, with cooling systems often consuming a significant portion of this power. While maintaining optimal temperatures is essential for safeguarding equipment and ensuring reliability, overcooling leads to unnecessary energy expenditure and increased operational costs. The challenges of overcooling in data centers and strategies to mitigate its […]
Modernizing a Data Center for 2020
A path to modernize the infrastructure of a data center facility As 2020 begins, we have likely noticed that the many components of the data center infrastructure have aged past their warranties and software management tools no longer echo the reality of the actual systems. Along with this the ongoing operations & maintenance (O&M) grows […]
Balancing Density & Size
Data centers have become larger, more dense, and taller over the last decade. This growth is fueled by the expansion of data; of course, as every industry realizes how data can be used to improve their processes and every company collects and processes more information than ever before. But the deciding points of whether to […]
Land: A Shrinking Resource?
The amount of land available to us is finite and we need to carefully manage how the land is deployed for the many things around us. This has led to the development of land use plans for cities across the U.S., and with the explosion of data this now includes adjustments for more land devoted […]
Energy Management Systems
Have you heard the phrase ‘you can’t manage what you can’t measure?’ This is true for your data center, and having an energy management system in place with your hands on the reigns gives you a good means to measure and manage. An energy management system (EMS) is to let you see where your energy […]