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• Maintaining Long-Term Reliability of Critical Power Systems

  March 28th, 2012 : Michael Potts

  Critical applications require uninterruptible, high quality power. The most advanced of these systems are found in data centers where uninterruptible power supply and generator equipment maintain the continuity of power without one cycle of interruption. Effective maintenance is required to keep these systems dependable. Read More

• Bloom Energy Sharpens Focus on Data Centers

  March 19th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Two years after unveiling its fuel cell technology, Bloom Energy is focusing on the data center sector, and has hired industry veteran Peter Gross to head its new Mission Critical Practice. Read More

• Power Monitoring for Modern Data Centers

  March 15th, 2012 : Michael Potts

  Mission critical facilities such as data centers are prime candidates for power monitoring systems. By employing monitoring systems to analyze system-wide real-time power data, facility managers can reduce the cost of electricity and improve its quality and reliability. Read More

• Can Data Centers Can Make the Grid Greener?

  March 15th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Can the combined purchasing power of the data center industry make renewable energy more accessible? Google's Joe Kava this week challenged the industry to work together to build a consortium to buy renewable power and push it to the grid. Read More

• Software-Based Energy Efficiency Strategies

  March 14th, 2012 : Michael Potts

  Advances in server technologies and increased load densities have lead to a growing energy consumption concern among data centers. Energy efficiency is thus of high priority to the data center and its operators. This white paper outlines a software-based approach to the data gathering, trending, and analysis that are necessary to apply successful energy efficiency measures within the data center. Read More

• ‘Energy Park’ Proposed at Nexus of Fiber, Power

  March 9th, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Developer Craig Harrison has put together a proposal for an "energy park" on land near the Colorado-Wyoming border, at the intersection of key fiber, power and natural gas infrastructure. Read More

• A Software-Oriented Approach to Energy Efficiency

  February 27th, 2012 : Michael Potts

  To satisfy increasing load densities created by advances in server equipment as well as an increased demand for computing power, greater data center power consumption is necessary. Energy efficiency measures are therefore highly important considerations for data center designers, operators and owners. Read More

• Emerson Offers PDUs for 415 Volt Distribution

  February 22nd, 2012 : Rich Miller

  Emerson Network Power has introduced 415-volt input configurations for its Liebert MPX and Liebert MPH rack Power Distribution Units (rack PDUs), to enable the distribution of higher voltage power to IT equipment. Read More

• PDI Finishes 2011 with Strong Momentum

  January 18th, 2012 : Colleen Miller

  Power Distribution, Inc. (PDI) closed its year on the upside, having launched a new modular data center line and released cloud-based PowerMap monitoring software in 2011. Read More

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