Free cooling solutions that use natural cool air or water instead of mechanical refrigeration are appealing for data centers looking to save electricity. Selecting a suitable free cooling system is … Read More
Role Of Failover And Redundancy Models In Data Center
The technology boom has had a massive impact on our daily lives. For much of our day to day life we now rely on the services data centers provide. Having … Read More
Data Center KPIs To Monitor Health and Efficiency
Modern data center managers are tasked with balancing data center uptime while also optimizing for efficiency and capacity utilization. They are constantly under pressure to accomplish more with less. They … Read More
Total-Power Usage Effectiveness: Next Gen Energy Efficiency Metrics
Introduced last 2016, power usage effectiveness (PUE) has been the de facto metric for assessing data center energy efficiency. It’s straightforward to calculate the ratio between total facility power and power … Read More
Singapore Lifting the Ban For New Data Centers: What’s The Catch?
Introduction In Singapore, Excessive energy consumption of data centers and the challenges of going green in a tropical country led to issuing of a ban for new data centers. Data … Read More
The Real Amount of Energy A Data Center Uses
In 2020, the data center industry consumed around 196 to 400 terawatt-hours (TWh). This is equivalent to 1% to 2% of worldwide annual data center energy consumption. According to another … Read More
Practical Steps to Cut Data Center Costs
The cost of operating data centers has been rising year on year. An average data center construction cost is 10 to 12 million US dollars ($). With additional design specifications, … Read More
The Challenge of Reducing Power Usage in Data Centers
According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), data centers consumed 2% (61 billion kWh) of total electricity usage in the United States in 2006. Surprisingly, IT equipment accounted for just … Read More
Rise of Prefabricated Data Centers
There is a rapid expansion of the digital economy. This is driven by the rise of various technologies such as cloud computing, big data, IoT, mobile internet and streaming services. … Read More
Power Management And Efficiency Strategies for Data Centers
It is without a doubt that energy consumption is the biggest concern for the operation of data centers. Without an adequate supply of electricity, data centers cannot function. Data centers … Read More
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