Cool Sensor Technology For Hot IBM Data Center

Relocate (Feb 9 2010) Cloud Computing

1. Sensitive IT equipment inside data centers can be affected by heat and hence the need to keep the temperatures under control. The conventional recommended preferred temperature range for data center interiors had been set at 77 degrees Fahrenheit by ASHRAE (American Society for Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers). Now with the advances in technology the new limit defined by ASHRAE has been raised by a few degrees putting it at 80.6 degrees. IBM has planned to implement this recommendation in one of their latest data centers built at North Carolina. The data center will also utilize outside cold air for nearly half of the year to supplement its normal cooling system in order to improve energy efficiency. The data center is nearly 60,000 square foot facility and gobbles up 6 MW of energy. Later on it expects to expands this facility to nearly 100,000 square feet ... (Read Full Article)

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