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Myths About Airflow Containment
Data centers are crucial infrastructure for the modern world. Data has become a commodity and data centers are the medium to facilitate its flow. Every facet of our life is…
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Principles
Datacenter architects are always devising new techniques to improve the efficiency, integration, and scalability of data centers. When creating a data center, however, you frequently have to mix and match…
Innovative Data Center Cooling For Increasing Demands
Social networking, internet video streaming, smartphone apps, and other technological advances have resulted in a surge in information demand. Since 2010, data center workloads have increased sixfold while energy usage…
Safety and Health In The Data Center For Employees
To satisfy the high expectations for continuous data center operations, a lot of engineering, planning, and operational maintenance is required; yet, an atmosphere ideal for computer equipment is not always…
Data Center Optimization Strategies
Data centers have become integral in our society today. We rely on these facilities for all our online activities. Data centers are the most crucial aspect of today’s computing infrastructures….
Open Compute For Every Data Center
The market for data center hardware built to Open Compute Project specifications is exploding — and not only because of the demand from the hyper-scale cloud platforms. The market for…
Renewable Energy: Why It Is Not Enough?
Known as the internet’s brain, data centers’ job is to process, store and communicate the data that powers the flow of information services. This includes video streaming, email, social networking,…
Effects Of Stranded Capacity In Data Centers And How To Avoid It
Every data center has an invisible ceiling that limits the amount of IT equipment, servers, storage, and network devices that it can handle. This is known as the capacity of…
Overheating Prevention Steps to Keep a Data Center Running
The digital world has been part of the life of many people, from posting to social media, shopping online, fulfilling financial transactions. People are dedicating almost one-fourth of their day…
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…
Liquid Cooling for Data Centers – The Future of Cooling
For data center operators, choosing the correct cooling system for their facility helps them stay ahead of the technological curve. Many providers, however, are reluctant to embrace change, as the…
Understanding Scalable Modular Data Centers to Improve Performance
Innovations in data centers, pursuing better performance and scale is a primary consideration for many data center operations. Keeping pace with developments means data centers are redesigning their operations for…
Understanding Stranded Capacity
Data centers are huge investments, therefore maximizing its capacity is essential. Planning of the layout, cooling and airflow plays an important role in making sure that every space and component…
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,…
Introduction to International Data Center Standards
A technical document that is intended to be used as a rule, a guideline, or a definition is referred to as a “standard.” It’s a method of accomplishing something that…
Getting Started With Data Center Power Optimization
Data centers have become crucial aspects of business operations. There are globally an estimated 7.2 million data centers of varying sizes. Many companies rely on colocation services and cloud solutions…
Different Types of IoT Sensors
The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to revolutionize the way systems and businesses operate, allowing for not only greater automation but also greater visibility thanks to the massive…
AKCP Temperature Monitoring For Greenhouse Datacenters’ Colocation Facilities
AKCP Temperature Monitoring For Greenhouse Data AKCP, the world’s oldest and largest supplier of networked wired and wireless sensor solutions, was selected to monitor the infrastructure for Greenhouse Datacenters’…
The Unlimited Potential of Edge Computing for Data Centers
The Internet of Things (IoT) has changed the landscape of network architecture. The traditional cloud-based system is now evolving towards localized small data centers, providing lower latency and fewer bottlenecks in…
Standardized Data Center Temperature Measurement
It is a challenging task to cool data centers. For some, the solution is to simply crank up the cooling. While this undoubtedly solves the problem, it is inefficient and…