As the title indicates, since the middle of the last decade, there have been very pessimistic projections regarding the growth of the total annual energy used by data centers in the U.S. One of them suggested that by 2030, the energy consumption in the U.S. in the IT sector would be roughly 60% of that used by its entire industrial sector. [1,2,3] What was the origin of this … [Read more...]
New Version of Software for Modeling Data Centers
Daat Research Corp has released v5.0 of its CoolitDC CFD thermal modeling software for data centers. Daat has increased preprocessor performance to permit building larger models in less time. CoolitDC v5.0 adds a new turbulence flow model fine-tuned for data center modeling, implements rack data import from Excel, and from CAD files. In addition, optimized grid generation … [Read more...]
Focus on Fans Delivers Cost Savings on Cooling
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...]
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...]
Research Center Receives Grant for Energy-Efficient Data Center
The National Science Foundation has awarded $525,000 to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), at the University of Colorado at Boulder, to reduce the data center’s carbon footprint. NSIDC will modify its computing center to become one of the most energy-efficient data centers in the United States. The project includes a 25-kilowatt rooftop solar array and a more … [Read more...]
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