As most readers are aware, the data center industry has put an increased focus on energy efficiency and environmental impact. Data centers in the United States are estimated to consume nearly 2% of the total electricity. The de facto metric used in the data center industry to evaluate energy efficiency has been the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), as defined by The Green Grid … [Read more...]
ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9: Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces, and Electronic Equipment
Nomenclature A1, A2, A3, A4 - ASHRAE allowable thermal envelopes as defined in Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments that represent where IT manufacturers test equipment to ensure functionality ASHRAE - American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers CAGR - Compound Annual Growth Rate CITE - A SHRAE Compliance for IT … [Read more...]
ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9: Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces, and Electronic Equipment
Nomenclature A1, A2, A3, A4 ASHRAE allowable thermal envelopes as defined in Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments that represent where IT manufacturers test equipment to ensure functionality ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate CITE ASHRAE Compliance for IT … [Read more...]
A Simple Method to Understand Trade-Offs in Data Center Cooling
Cooling and thermal management are critical to data center reliability. Many organizations see cooling as a differentiating factor in the lifecycle cost of their data center. Recent industry guidelines [1] for data center cooling have suggested energy savings in air-cooled data centers by increasing the temperature of the cooling air. This increase enables two trends: reduced … [Read more...]
