White Paper: Major advancements in UPS and server designs have improved energy efficiency in data centers in recent years. The key to improving overall power efficiency is to look at end-to-end power distribution.
Will the data center of the future have no central UPS units, and be filled with servers with on-board batteries? The data center team at Facebook believes it should.
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Here's a video tour of the Telecity Group's Powergate data center, the newest of eight data centres the company operates in the London market. Powergate can support power densities of up to 20 kW a rack, and is backed by 12 diesel generators.
The Santa Clara, Calif., campus operated by Digital Realty Trust is home to three data centers with a Platinum or Gold rating under the LEED standard for energy efficient buildings.
The Santa Clara, Calif., campus operated by Digital Realty Trust is home to three data centers with a Platinum or Gold rating under the LEED standard for energy efficient buildings.
This webcast will cover today's challenges in the Data Center, perspectives on how to address them, and specific methods and products to mitigate infrastructure sprawl.