Keeping the data center cool

Explore DatacenterDynamics (May 14 2012) Construction , Carbon Footprint , Servers

...thin the industry are changing in line with green corporate responsibility. Industry bodies such as ASHRAE (the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers) have released therm...... air through filters before introducing it to the server room. One example in practice is the large Facebook-owned data center in Prineville, Oregon. The data center is designed to draw air from outside, afte... (Read Full Article)

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Data center experts push back on ASHRAE economizer requirements

Explore Data Center (Feb 8 2012) Construction

Data center experts have proposed an alternative to a controversial provision of last year’s ASHRAE 90.1-2010 energy standard that would allow new data centers to be built without the mandatory use o... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   ASHRAE   Facebook   Julius Neudorfer

How Experian is retro-fitting its datacentre to boost efficiency

Explore ComputerWeekly.com (Nov 25 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Servers

...e above the servers. It wants to increase this temperature to 27 degrees Celsius, as recommended by Ashrae, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Currently, the aver... (Read Full Article)

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Vendors Are Blocking Data Centres Energy Cuts

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 18 2011) Servers

...d most effective? Vendors Are Blocking Data Centre Energy Cuts November 18, 2011 by Steve McCaskill Facebook-Data-Centre-Sweden-top Tweet Data centres could run hotter and save energy, if vendors published ac......ensive and inefficient.” The current maximum operating temperature recommended by standards group ASHRAE is 27C or 80.6F. Evidence suggests that facilities could operate at up to 113F (45C) without damagi... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   ASHRAE   Facebook

Data center design tips: What you should know about Ashrae Tc 9.9

Explore Data Center (Oct 28 2011) Power and Cooling

...ation available from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers. ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9, which is titled Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electro... (Read Full Article)

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Free cooling lures Facebook to Arctic's edge

Explore infoworld.com (Oct 26 2011) Power and Cooling , Carbon Footprint , Servers

In a move that will further bolster Facebook's green data center credentials, the social networking giant plans to build an enormous new 120MW d......raph, and the temperature has not exceeded 86 degrees for more than 24 hours for the past 50 years. ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) recommends operating da... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Fujitsu   Europe   ASHRAE

What green really means for colos

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Sep 29 2011) Carbon Footprint , Carbon Tax , Cloud Computing

...past five years have gained attention because they are considered ‘green’. You only have to look at Facebook, Google and Yahoo!, all of which are using innovative and environmentally friendly cooling, buildin......data center at a temperature of 70 or 71 degrees Fahrenheit. IT equipment can go higher than that. ASHRAE’s range for temperature in a data center on the high side is 80 degrees, and on the low ... (Read Full Article)

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Shifting to Chiller-Less Data

Explore Scientific Computing (Aug 2 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...d and warranted to operate within the highest current temperature and humidity guidelines issued by ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), the servers, storage a......hiller-less facility designs. New data center construction exemplified by companies such as Google, Facebook and Yahoo has demonstrated a shift toward fresh air-cooled data centers that do not rely on chiller... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook: 85 Degrees in the ‘Cold’ Aisle

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jun 23 2011) Cloud Computing , Servers

Facebook plans to run its future data centers at warmer temperatures, raising the server inlet temperature a......onditions in their facility. The leading U.S. industry group for heating and cooling professionals, ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) increased its recommend... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook Open Compute and the PUE Trifecta

Explore | CTO Edge (Apr 18 2011) Power and Cooling , Servers

In the race for the lowest power usage effectiveness (PUE) and other green IT bragging rights, Facebook seemed to pull ahead with a claimed 1.07 PUE. By launching its Open Compute Project website on Apri...... techniques (unconventional only at the moment), it does not need to follow or comply with the 2008 ASHRAE TC9.9  recommended environmental envelope. But even as I write this blog, ASHRAE is in the ... (Read Full Article)

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Energy Efficiency Guide: Data Center Temperature

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Mar 10 2011) Carbon Footprint , Cloud Computing , Servers

...pward temperatures. The American Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) expanded its recommendations for ambient data center temperatures, raising its recommended upper l......he chillers, reducing the amount of energy required to cool the water and thus saving energy costs. Facebook retooled the cooling system in one of its existing data centers in Santa Clara, Calif., and trimmed... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Intel   Google   ASHRAE

Data Centers Can be Even Warmer

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Feb 22 2011) Servers

...from Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Digital Realty Trust, DuPont Fabros Technology and Nokia (and later Facebook) urged ASHRAE to establish cooling performance-based efficiency goals for data centers, rather than favoring one ... (Read Full Article)

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Why Data Centre Cooling Is Getting Simpler

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Nov 17 2010) Servers

...perature, which also depends on humidity. The idea has been established and is quite widely used by Facebook among others, though Bean says APC’s version is a more fully productised instance of it. In the hea......they will freeze and break! Economisers rule The idea of free-air cooling has been enshrined in the ASHRAE 90.1 standard from the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, ... (Read Full Article)

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Facebook Urges Changes on Cooling Standards

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Oct 4 2010) Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing , Servers

...l joint statement opposing a provision that favors a specific cooling design using economizers. The ASHRAE Guidelines Could Affect Site Selection In a letter this week to ASHRAE this week, Facebook Vice President for Technical Operations Jonathan Heiliger said this approach could be problematic. ... (Read Full Article)

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Intel Awarded Green Building Cert For Design Facility

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 23 2010)

...ard to improve its environmental standing * By: Andrew Donoghue * April 23, 2010 Add to digg Add to Facebook Add to LinkedIn Add to reddit Add to Slashdot Add to Stumble Upon Add to Technorati Add to Twitter ...... buidlings based on the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 90.1-2007 standard. Environmental group Greenpeace has praised Intel on its record of using renewa... (Read Full Article)

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Google Leads Criticism Of Green Data Centre Rules

Explore Home - eWeekEurope.co.uk (Apr 16 2010) Servers

...ding efficiency standard to data centres will cause problems because it is “too prescriptive”. The ASHRAE 90.1 standard from building efficiency, from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air......ing have got data centre operators overheated * By: Peter Judge * April 16, 2010 Add to digg Add to Facebook Add to LinkedIn Add to reddit Add to Slashdot Add to Stumble Upon Add to Technorati Add to Twitter ... (Read Full Article)

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