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• How Much Containment Is Enough?

  May 23rd, 2012 : Michael Potts

  There is no one answer to optimum degree of containment because architectural environments, business objectives, deployment constraints and cost-benefit curves all weigh on the decision. In opting for aisle containment, data center operators can realize very quick returns on the investment. Read More

• Cold Aisle Containment System Performance Simulation

  April 25th, 2012 : Michael Potts

  This article provides an overview the CFD diagnosis of the BayCare facility, describing the process of analysis in depth, as well as offering solutions to the cooling infrastructure. Read More

• Microsoft ‘Data Plants’ to Combine Servers & Power

  April 16th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Microsoft is planning to bring together data centers and renewable power generation, and will announce details of its initiative this week. The company say its vision for "data plants" will break new ground in integrating electricity and computing. Read More

• Google Embraces Thermal Storage in Taiwan

  April 3rd, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Google said today that it would use a thermal storage system for the first time in its new data center in Taiwan. Thermal energy storage can reduce costs by allowing companies to run air conditioning systems at night, when power rates are cheaper. Read More

• Too Hot for Humans, But Google Servers Keep Humming

  March 23rd, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Raising the temperature in server racks can make a data center more efficient. But what happens if the room gets too hot for people? If you’re Google, the servers keep humming along while the humans retreat to climate-controlled sections of the building. Read More

• Submerged Supermicro Servers Accelerated by GPUs

  March 22nd, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Supermicro and Green Revolution Cooling have teamed with an energy research company to create a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster featuring servers that are accelerated by GPUs and immersed in a liquid cooling solution. Read More

• Eaton to Offer STULZ Cooling Products

  March 21st, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Eaton Corporation will expand its data center product portfolio by offering its customers cooling equipment from STULZ Air Technology Systems, the companies said this week at the AFCOM Data Center World Conference in Las Vegas. Read More

• Closer Look: Iceotope Liquid Cooling

  March 7th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  It's been more than two years since Iceotope launched its liquid cooling system at the SC09 conference. This week the company has re-emerged at Cebit marketing a cooling system that encapsulates servers in heat pipes containing 3M's Novec fluid as its heat removal medium. Read More

• Facebook Seeks Patent on Cooling Automation

  March 5th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Engineers from Facebook are seeking a patent on a data center cooling system that uses a load balancer to automatically shift workloads among racks of servers. The system is one of several approaches to intelligent cooling systems in which servers, sensors and cooling equipment can "talk" to one another. Read More

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