Steadily increasing demand for data storage from processing applications and online websites has contributed to increased data center power consumption for more than a decade [1]. For example, the worldwide power consumption of data centers in the year 2005 was twice that of the consumption in the year 2000. By 2010 this increased by a further 56% to constitute 1.3% of global … [Read more...]
Air Ionization Techniques for the Cooling of Electronic Devices: Analysis of the Different Effects of Design Features on Cooling Performance
Rotary fans have been used to cool electronic devices using forced convection applications to achieve the required heat transfer dissipation. In recent years, there has been an increasing trend to miniaturize the size and maximize the efficiency of the electronic devices which, in turn, increases heat generation. The use of rotary fan cooling conflicts with these new trends due … [Read more...]
The Impact of Hybrid Cooling on the Power and Computational Efficiency of Cloud Computing Racks
A noteworthy trend in data centers is to reduce the power consumption of cooling facilities by increasing the supplied temperature to IT services, thereby requiring less work within the cooling facility to provide the targeted temperature. This will result in lower overall power consumption and higher computational effectiveness. However, higher inlet water temperature to the … [Read more...]
