The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced that it has won an R&D 100 award, in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP), for its HP Apollo Platform for High-Performance Computing.

Over the past few decades, the market for computer room and data center air handlers has exploded, prompting manufacturers to find solutions to their cooling needs.

Tate®, a leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of raised access flooring and airflow management solutions, has introduced Tate Airflow, a new brand for data center products and services.

Vigilent® has announced that its Dynamic Cooling Management® system now provides consolidated HVAC system control to buildings that house changing configurations of data centers, technical, administrative, and central offices.

3M has announced the development of a fully functional supercomputer developed in collaboration with Intel and SGI that uses a new two-phase immersion cooling technology from 3M that reduces energy use while increasing supercomputer efficiency.

ASHRAE has announced publication of the second edition of Liquid Cooling Guidelines for Datacom Equipment Centers, which provides best practices guidance for implementing liquid cooling systems in data centers.

CES Group LLC, a manufacturer of custom and engineered HVAC solutions, has introduced a new website (http://datacenters.ces-group.com) focused on its growing Data Center Products business.

Power usage effectiveness (PUE™) has become the industry-preferred and globally adopted metric for measuring the energy efficiency of data centers. To provide detailed guidance, ASHRAE and The Green Grid have published PUE: A Comprehensive Examination of the Metric.

Schneider Electric has announced a collaboration with HP to deliver a joint data center and IT management solution that provides consistent views for both facilities and IT professionals within an organization resulting in increased collaboration and efficiency.