The final report from the Chill Off 2 will likely serve as a valuable resource for data center operators exploring the most efficient way to cool their servers. The project evaluated 11 cooling technologies from eight vendors to determine which w...
An industry association for DC power adoption has formed a new technical standards committee for data centers, and is advancing a 380-volt DC power standard as part of its hybrid alternating AC and DC platform.
Startup Clustered Systems stole the spotlight at the Chill Off 2 data center cooling bakeoff with a liquid-cooled prototype that earned the best scores for energy efficiency.
Facebook has joined the chorus of major data center operators opposing new guidelines on data center cooling being considered by ASHRAE, a key HVAC industry standards body
The government of the state of Montana recently become the first data center in the United States to deploy a heat wheel system (also known as "Kyoto cooling" to cool its data center.
What's ahead in the relationship between the data center industry and utilities? Mark Bramfitt shares his insights on how the two industries can work together on improved efficiency and renewable energy.
Economic development officials love clusters of huge Internet data centers. But environmental officials are less enthused about large clusters of diesel generators. Quincy, Washington has both.
For the first time since 1995, IBM has begun shipping a water-cooled mainframe. Big Blue will now offer a version of its huge zEnterprise mainframe that uses a water-cooled heat exchanger.