Articles about Cooling Systems

Open Compute Plus Open Data Center = A Better Cloud?

There was an interesting “mind meld” announced at the Intel Developer Forum 2011 conference a few weeks ago. During the event, held in conjunction with the Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA), Frank Frankovsky, director of technical operations at Facebook, came onto the stage and announced that Facebook’s Open Compute Project would be collaborating with the ODCA to accelerate the development and adoption of cloud computing standards. Continue Reading »

The Future of Data Center Cooling: Water or Air?

The data center industry is moving toward divergent "cooling" technologies simultaneously. Continue Reading »

New Green Grid Metrics

Just when you thought you had PUE mastered (or had taken some basic power measurements and perhaps done a rough estimate of your data center’s efficiency), along come more new metrics. Continue Reading »

APC Enhances InfraStruxure Lineup

Boosts power and cooling capacity while reducing footprint and costs. Continue Reading »

Cool PC Innovation

Lots of companies, especially Hewlett-Packard, like to lay claim to the mantle of innovation when it comes to PC design. Continue Reading »

APC Embraces InRow Overhead Cooling

The OA system is APC’s first offering of a pumped refrigerant system, presumably to satisfy those customers who prefer pumped refrigerant-based cooling. Continue Reading »

Four Trends Driving the Data Center of the Future

A transformation of the data center is under way thanks to vrtualization and a wave of new IT infrastructure. Continue Reading »

SGI Opens Up Data Center Containers

Latest iterations of ICE Cube containers support third-party products and technologies. Continue Reading »

Feng Shui and the Art of the Data Center

I am in the midst of designing a new data center for a client and have been trying to balance the requirements of costs, space limitations, maximum number of cabinets and the flexibility to meet the rising and ever-changing power density of the IT equipment loads. Continue Reading »

DOE Funds Data Center Efficiency Research

Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that the Department of Energy is awarding $47 million for 14 projects across the country "to support the development of new technologies that can improve Continue Reading »

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