Comments on: Google: Raise Your Data Center Temperature

By: Fujistu RX300 S5 Rack Server Takes 8-core VMmark Lead « SolutionOriented Blog

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:01:10 +0000

[...] thermal conditions on the chip. With proper cooling, this could mean up to 100% of the time (sorry, Google). Assuming for a moment that this is the case in the HP test environment (and there is sufficient [...]

By: BCP News » Blog Archive » Raise the Temperature, Fight the Fans

BCP News » Blog Archive » Raise the Temperature, Fight the Fans — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:41:32 +0000

[...] operators as the industry moves away from “meat locker” server environments. Companies like Google and Sun Microsystems have advocated raising the temperature to reduce the power required for cooling [...]

By: Yahoo powers data center using Niagara Falls; Google raises data center temperatures : Ravica Blog

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:40:55 +0000

[...] to 75°F (20°C to 24°C). Companies that have set the temperature higher than 75°F say they see savings spent on air conditioning as a result, according a separate Data Center Knowledge article. That article cites Mark Monroe of Sun [...]

By: Cloud Rack « The Unofficial CTO Blog

Cloud Rack « The Unofficial CTO Blog — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:29:49 +0000

[...] — up to 104F degrees. This dovetails nicely with the recommendation from Google to raise your datacenter temperature. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Saginaw Controls & Engineering Internal [...]

By: Raise the data center temperature, but bring your earplugs - Data center facilities pro

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:38:11 +0000

[...] Google is raising data center temperatures. So is Microsoft and Intel. But Michael Patterson, a thermal engineer at Intel, warned that raising the data center temperature could have an effect on “acoustical noise levels.” [...]

By: How Google Is Influencing Server Design

How Google Is Influencing Server Design — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:37:47 +0000

[...] aimed at reducing power-consuming components and saving space. Heat-tolerant processors allow a data center operator to keep air conditioning bills down, saving as much as 4 percent of total energy costs for each degree dropped. So as computing [...]

By: Google - Raise Your Data Center Temperature… | Data Pasture

Google - Raise Your Data Center Temperature… | Data Pasture — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:17:41 +0000

[...] article posted by Rich Miller of Data Center Knowlege, quotes Erik Teetzel, an energy program manager for [...]

By: Datacenters: Aumentem seus termostatos. | the brain is a machine

Datacenters: Aumentem seus termostatos. | the brain is a machine — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:39:58 +0000

[...] Google publicou algumas observações sobre temperatura de Datacenters (o bom e velho CPD), a matéria é interessante e tem alguns [...]

By: Rich Miller

Rich Miller — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:33:48 +0000

NVG: Sorry if I wasn’t clear on this … the point of the airflow analysis (mentioned in the fourth paragraph) would be to ensure that the air is reaching the servers. Obviously, if the flow of cool air to the top of the racks is marginal to begin with, you’ll have a problem if you raise the set point.

By: NVG

NVG — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:15:12 +0000

the thing that is not mentioned in this article is the fact that you need all the air to be delivered to the heat load to dial up units. airflow management will be important.