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Let's measure FUE: Floor Utilization Effectiveness
Here’s a new data center metric you may not have considered: How much of a space can you fill at the power density you want?
Here’s a new data center metric you may not have considered: How much of a space can you fill at the power density you want?
Microsoft has said it will go beyond today’s purchase agreements, to actually using more renewable energy. Is this realistic?
Taking a fresh look at your energy strategy could help grow your data center business
Adjust your electrical protective devices properly, and you can cut down accidental “nuisance” tripping
ASHRAE believes it can get a worthwhile efficiency standard out this summer, but there are issues to discuss
All DCIM has to do is replace spreadsheet-based management. But done well, it will give you a deeper understanding
Edge networks have a harder time using renewables than centralized facilities
It seems that data centers can get along better without people inside them
If you’re a data center engineer, sometimes work feels like a holiday
I’m sceptical by nature but this latest ‘power warning’ is either deliberate scaremongering or misguided rubbish
Genset OEMs play fast and loose with generator ratings, and you could end up the worse for it
Multi-tenant data center mergers are driving down the cost of infrastructure, while leaving IT margins untouched
Medieval alchemists never managed the transformations that today’s technologists have achieved
The UK government tried to offer tax incentives for buying efficient UPS systems. The effort was doomed from the start
ASHRAE has said data centers don’t need humidification. Fancy a wager on when its recommendations will be adopted?
Google joining Open Compute is more exciting than Spiderman’s appearance in a Captain America movie trailer
Ghosts, kittens and motor bikes - they all make a dangerous mix when combined with raised access floors!
Google is sharing its 48VDC power distribution with the Open Compute Project. This will be of limited use in European data centers
A data center powered exclusively by the sun is not ufeasible, but it is highly impractical
If energy costs are falling, data centers will boom
Ever been told to slow down and take a deep breath? Now it’s the data centers that will be hearing that advice
Slicing a data center up into domestic heating systems may be an extreme idea, but it just got backed by a conventional data center firm
So what if data center power demands are growing fast. Does the industry need to worry?