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Facebook Tests Immersion Cooling
December 21st, 2012 : Rich Miller
Will submerged servers come to Facebook? The social network is the latest company to conduct tests in which servers are submerged in dielectric fluid. Read More
Study: Granular Fan Control Lowers Cooling Energy Costs
December 17th, 2012 : Jason Verge
A new study highlights how granular control of fans on air handlers can significantly lower cooling costs. A joint study from Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Vigilent Corporation, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) resulted in a 66 percent decrease of cooling energy usage in a California data center. Read More
U.S. Defense Department to Cool Servers With Hot Water
December 11th, 2012 : Rich Miller
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will soon begin cooling its servers with hot water. The DoD said this week that it will convert one of its data centers to use a liquid cooling system from Asetek, a move could clear the way for broader use of liquid cooling in high-density server deployments at the DoD. Read More
The Evolution of Facebook’s Data Center Cooling
December 4th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Facebook is making some changes in a phase of its fresh air cooling system that manages humidity and heat removal. The Facebook's data center team provided a walk through the company's two data centers in North Carolina to illustrate the differences between the old and new systems. Read More
Facebook Servers Get Hotter, But Run Fine in the South
November 14th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Facebook has been able to cool its servers through the North Carolina summer using only fresh air, and no mechanical refrigeration, the company said today. The key to the cooling breakthrough was allowing servers to run at 85 degrees F. Read More
Appro Introduces Liquid-Cooled Supercomputer
November 7th, 2012 : John Rath
Appro introduced the new Appro Xtreme-Cool Supercomputer, which features an energy-efficient design using warm water liquid-cooling heat exchangers and no chillers. Read More
Reclaim Wasted Cooling Capacity
November 7th, 2012 : Bill Kleyman
The modern data center is built around efficiencies. Whether its power, cooling, or space – the administrator must utilize the resources with the utmost care. More organizations are demanding the increase of density within their server infrastructure. This results in greater demands for cooling and space. Although the space is many time available, the cooling capacity may not be. Read More
The Green Grid Backs Warmer Data Centers
October 25th, 2012 : Jason Verge
In a white paper released this week, The Green Grid makes the case that servers are indeed tougher than widely believed, and counsels data center operators to consider raising temperatures and humidity just a little more to save on cooling. Read More
Ten Cooling Solutions to Support High-Density Servers
October 18th, 2012 : Bill Kleyman
As the need for high-density servers continues to grow, administrators are going to be tasked with creating a more cooling-ready data center design. . The guidelines in this white paper will help you maintain efficient business processes and support a scaleable cooling architecture that can be implemented to address high density cooling applications. Read More