A very valuable way to understand data center cooling optimization is to look at the four delta T’s (ΔT’s) in the computer room. Two of these ΔT’s are more commonly known, while the other two are less commonly known. Most people will be focused on one or the other of...

Data center cooling has been a constant topic of discussion at industry events and on industry publications, much like this one, for some time now. Much of these discussions are typically centered around optimizing the cooling infrastructure to maximize efficiency and...

Spoiler alert: data centers use a lot of power. In fact, many experts estimate that data storage and transmission in and from data centers use 1% of global electricity. Surprisingly though, this share has hardly changed since 2010, even though the number of internet...

In the data center industry, we tend to use the terms ‘availability’ and ‘reliability’ somewhat synonymously, and while they are related, they are not the same thing. On one hand, reliability is defined as the probability of failure-free system operation over a...