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  • Data Center Containment Provider Due Diligence

    December 6th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau

    This is the fifth article in a best practices series on data center energy efficiency through effective airflow management strategies. When considering containment providers and their solutions, make sure to do your due diligence. Consider the following points during that process. Read More

  • Data Center Containment Components and Considerations

    November 29th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau

    This is the fourth article in a best practices series on data center energy efficiency through effective airflow management strategies and focuses on data center containment components and considerations. Read More

  • Benefits of Data Center Containment

    November 15th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau

    The data center is fraught with power and cooling challenges. For every 50 kW of power the data center feeds to an aisle, the same facilities typically apply 100-150 kW of cooling to maintain desirable equipment inlet temperatures. Most legacy data centers waste more than 60% of that cooling energy in the form of bypass air. Read More

  • Approaches to Data Center Containment

    November 8th, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau

    The data center is fraught with power and cooling challenges. For every 50 kW of power the data center feeds to an aisle, the same facilities typically apply 100-150 kW of cooling to maintain desirable equipment inlet temperatures. Most legacy data centers waste more than 60% of that cooling energy in the form of bypass air. Read More

  • DCK Guide to Data Center Containment

    November 1st, 2012 : Kevin Normandeau

    Data center operators understand how the growing demand for compute cycles, web-based applications and content are driving data centers to find new ways to keep power consumption in check. While doing so, enterprise data centers managers continue to struggle to add highly dense computing capacity in the same space. Data center airflow management cuts energy costs while enabling affordable, scalable, modular growth of compute pods in the facility. Read More

  • Energy Efficiency Guide: Heat Recycling

    March 18th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    A growing number of data centers are redirecting the heat from their hot aisles to nearby homes, offices, greenhouses and even swimming pools. The ability to re-use excess heat from servers is being built into new data centers, helping to improve the energy efficiency profile of these facilities. Read More

  • Energy Efficiency Guide: Aisle Containment

    March 16th, 2011 : Colleen Miller

    Containing the air in the data center - separating cool supply air and warm exhaust air - is an important energy efficiency strategy that figures prominently in energy efficiency optimizations. Users have the option of containing the cold aisle or the hot aisle. Read More

  • Energy Efficiency Guide: Data Center Temperature

    March 10th, 2011 : Colleen Miller

    Is it the end of the "cooler is better" attitude? The industry is looking at how a shift of a few degrees can allow for continued IT operation, while saving energy and reducing costs. Similarly, water temperatures used for cooling are on the rise also. Read More

  • Energy Efficiency Guide: Monitoring and CFD

    March 8th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    There's a saying in data center circles that "you can't manage what you can't measure." That's why monitoring and analysis are key components of a data center energy efficiency program. Here's a look at several approaches to monitoring the data center environment to detect problems and implement improvements. Read More

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