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That is what you’ll gain with the Upsite Blog. We’ve been posting for several years now. One might think there is only so much to say about data center cooling and airflow management, but as a testament to our passion, and the ever changing landscape of data centers and computer rooms, we still have plenty left to talk about.
We hope you’ll find the content herein valuable and useful as you begin, or continue, your journey towards data center cooling optimization.
The Convergence of Tech: Why IT and Facilities are Coming Together
There is still only one generally applicable explanation for the convergence of tech whereby IT and facilities are coming together: someone upstairs dictated it.Granted, there are some variations on this theme. Where the core business is turning a profit from...
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[VIDEO] How Fan Affinity Laws Impact Fan Energy Savings
As we’ve previously discussed, cooling optimization is the process of making adjustments to the cooling system controls (such as raising temperature set points or reducing fan speeds). Therefore, the fan affinity laws (also simply referred to as “fan laws”) associated...
Perforated Tile Placement: Why the Right Location Matters
It’s common knowledge that perforated tiles are a vital aspect of the cooling process in any raised floor data center. After all, that is how you deliver the supply air to the cold aisle and ultimately to the inlets of the IT equipment. Yet, managing the placement of...
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[VIDEO] Trends That Drive Our Market: State of the Data Center 2022
We have entered in to what’s being referred to as the Fourth Industrial Revolution. While the Third Industrial Revolution was classified as using electronics and information technology to automate production, the Fourth builds on much of this and the digital...
Data Center Cooling: Enterprise vs. Cloud
A data center is a data center and cooling is cooling. Are there variations and subsets? — Of course. There are large data centers and there are small ones. There are Tier 1's, and there are Tier 4's, and everything in between. There are enterprise data centers and...