by Drew Robb | Apr 3, 2024 | Blog
How Facebook Upgraded the Outside Air Cooling System at Their Prineville Data Center Facebook is very much on the front lines of data center innovation. About a decade ago, it designed the Prineville data center in Oregon from the ground up to achieve the highest... by Drew Robb | Mar 13, 2024 | Blog
Why You Should Monitor Power Usage and PDUs Power costs continue to escalate in many data centers. Others face pressure to reduce power usage, improve power usage effectiveness (PUE) or even heavy restrictions on how much power they can access in the future. According... by Drew Robb | Mar 6, 2024 | Blog
When to Retrofit the Data Center to Accommodate AI, and When Not to Legacy facilities are often ill-equipped to support widespread implementation of the high-density computing required for artificial intelligence (AI). Many lack the required infrastructure for liquid... by Drew Robb | Feb 21, 2024 | Blog
Liquid Cooling Strategies: Meeting the AI Demand in Data Centers Traditional techniques for cooling IT infrastructure like fans and A/C may not be enough to deal with the heat generated by the high-performance AI hardware available today. While rack density continues... by Drew Robb | Feb 14, 2024 | Blog
When Battery Storage Technology Makes Sense in the Data Center Many data centers seek to reduce generator starts either for economic or environmental reasons. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) now support extended runtime demands by shifting the load as necessary...