EcoCooling Touts Cleaner Data Centre Cooling

Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (May 17 2010) Emissions , Servers

1. Data centres are notoriously power hungry, due in part to the need for energy-sapping cooling systems. However a British-based company, EcoCooling Ltd, is touting the advantages of its evaporative coolers, as companies look for a more natural way of producing cool air. Conventional server rooms and data centres use what is commonly referred to as CRAC (computer room air conditioning) units for cooling. This normally makes use of a refrigeration-based air conditioning system. EcoCooling thinks that data centres could usefully look at an alternative based on evaporative cooling. (Read Full Article)

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