With the growing costs of power and an increased uncertainty in power availability, energy conservation has become a major concern in the data center.  Increases in the demand of computing power to satisfy mission critical applications along with the emergence of virtualization have had major effects on server density, making the need for an efficient [...]

One of the key power usage metrics that I often find our customers requesting is Available Redundant Capacity (ARC). They don’t always ask for it using this name. More simply, they want to know “Where can I safely add new IT equipment without overloading and potentially bringing down my facility?” When viewed from the rack, [...]

Data center power usage is soaring — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that data center energy requirements will double in the next five years. To address that surge in energy use, some companies are turning to alternative sources of energy, including solar arrays, natural gas turbines, wind power, fuel cells and hydro power. But [...]

Facebook gave a keynote presentation on its Data Center Design Facebook’s Latest Innovations in Data Center Design Senior Electrical Engineer, Facebook  Paul Hsu Datacenter Mechanical Engineer, Facebook Dan Lee Below is a side by side slide Paul presented on the difference between a typical data center power conversion vs. the Facebook design. Dan has a [...]

Just how serious are the major platform providers taking the containerized data center movement? Serious enough to warrant continued investment and a steady rollout of new products. No one is under the illusion that the enterprise industry will suddenly get “container fever.” But with data needs on the increase and demand for rapid scale-out of [...]