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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.
Airflow Management Through the Years – Part 2: Introduction of CFD Tools
This is the 2nd installment of our 3-part series titled: Airflow Management Through the Years. To read the first installment click here. For those of you who may not know, CFD (computational fluid dynamics) software models air velocity, temperature and pressure...
Are Robots Taking Over the Data Center?
Before I start getting a ton of 'fan' mail about robots in the data center, let's pause and take a quick throwback look at 2013. Writing as a contributing editor for Data Center Knowledge, I had the chance to cover two fascinating stories: The Robot-Driven Data Center...
Airflow Management Through the Years – Part 1: The Birth of Aisle Separation
Data center airflow management first became a conversation point back in the mid 1990’s when Robert “Dr. Bob” Sullivan recognized the futility of the then common practice of organizing computer rooms with all racks facing front, and implemented the first “intentional”...
5 Important Technologies Made Possible by Data Centers
The digital revolution is here. Nearly every industry, platform, and experience have some kind of digital component. With every one of those digital interactions or processes comes a stream of data.All of that data must flow somewhere. That’s precisely where data...
Are Data Centers Really a Recession-Proof Industry?
The statement in itself is fascinating. Just a few years ago, with the broader rollout of cloud computing, questions around data center relevancy started to pour in.But just as quickly as we were asking whether the cloud was here to kill the data center, industry...