Data center managers who are under pressure to cut costs may find that pressure is their ally – air pressure, that is. Experts in data center cooling said that minor adjustments to fan speed in air handling units can yield major savings, and in many cases can be more cost-effective than installing containment systems to control airflow. New approaches could make it cheaper … [Read more...]
Variable Speed EC Fans Make Data Center Condenser More Efficient
When a major UK financial institution for retail and commercial banking underwent a major refurbishment program earlier this year, it replaced the IT and computer server systems in one of the two data center’s data halls, each of which features an independent power and cooling infrastructure. The company replaced its existing R22 refrigeration plant with a state-of-the-art data … [Read more...]
Software Improves Data Center Efficiency
As part of Raritan's Smart Rack initiative to help data centers improve operations and energy efficiency by adding intelligence throughout data center racks, the company introduced Power IQ® 3.1 Energy Management Software with Smart Rack Views and Quick Charts. These new features provide one-click access to key energy and operations information in a rack -- including power, … [Read more...]
Future Facilities Announces Participation in Facebook's Open Compute Project
Future Facilities is participating in Facebook’s Open Compute Project (OCP). Started by Facebook, the Open Compute Project's mission is to form an open IT hardware and data center design community to enable the delivery of the most efficient server, storage and data center hardware designs for scalable computing. Through its 6SigmaOpenviewer, Future Facilities is donating … [Read more...]
First Solar Array Designed For High-Voltage Data Centers and Industrial Use
IBM is rolling out the first solar-power array designed specifically to run high-voltage data centers, integrating AC- and DC-based servers, water-cooled computing systems and related electronics. The new array is spread over more than 6,000 square-feet of rooftop covering IBM’s India Software Lab in Bangalore. The solar array is capable of providing a 50-kilowatt supply of … [Read more...]
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