Data Center HVAC

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Preparation is the best defense against power outages in commercial facilities.

Recently, a data center retro-commissioning project uncovered issues that could have led to catastrophic failure.

Total Energy Systems LLC of Green Bay, Wisconsin, a sales and service provider for Kohler generators, is expanding its territory into Eastern Michigan.

Baylor University, a private college in Waco, TX, had a typical chiller plant — it ran well, but it was also a hodgepodge of equipment.

Futureproofing, fallback options, and drawing out any client custom requirements early can point you toward success in these high-traffic, high-stakes facilities.

Data centers continue to evolve and become more efficient. With this in mind, the need for efficient HVAC is becoming essential to ensure cost-effective, reliable operation given servers generate significant amounts of heat.

Involta Northpointe, a recently-opened, 40,000-sq-ft data center in Freeport, PA, is already recording a 1.3 power usage effectiveness (PUE).

After 20 years in data centers, you might think I hang out on the bleeding edge with liquid-cooled chips, servers immersed in mineral oil, and computers singing “Daisy Bell” in three-part harmony.

Modern data centers are evaluated not just on reliability but also on the efficiency of the cooling plant that supports them, so the cost to cool data center space is a key issue that must be addressed during design and system selection.