The Red Rocks Data Center in Colorado is documenting its air-side economization project on a company blog, including photos, energy usage data and a real-time indicator of when the system is running.
A relatively new approach to data center cooling known as a "heat wheel" is gaining momentum, and likely to gain a higher profile from an upcoming demonstration of the technology.
Could new miniature nuclear reactors be a workable solution for the data center industry? The reactors are set to be commercially available in 2013 and generate 27 megawatts of power.