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A powerful thought

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Aug 3 2011)

...f in-row air conditioning enables a substantial improvement in energy efficiency over a traditional CRAC-cooled UPS room. “I can’t tell you how many data centers I walk into where I walk into something c... (Read Full Article)

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Kaiser Permanente's own energy efficiency metric

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Jun 6 2011)

...he perforated tiles. “In theory, we should have no heat gain. If you’re pushing 60F air out of your CRAC unit, you should be getting 60F out of your (perforated tile),” Castro explained. “If there’s a ris... (Read Full Article)

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How Much Does Economizing help? by Peter Judge

Explore Views and Opinions on Green IT (Feb 28 2011)

...o make massive strides in power efficiency. The chillers and the computer room air conditioning (CRAC) system each use about 1MWh a year of energy, so they are the focus for efficiency moves. Simply... (Read Full Article)

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OpenGate Targets Higher-Density Cooling

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jan 7 2011) Servers

...he back of their servers.” Containment allows these customers to continue to use existing perimeter CRAC units to cool their equipment, rather than having to invest capital on in-row cooling units, he sai... (Read Full Article)

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Beating the PUE Acronym to Death

Explore | CTO Edge (Sep 15 2010) Servers

...h the concept of “Micro PUE.” They claim that “Micro PUE” represents the performance of individual CRAC systems by measuring the input energy vs. the actual cooling delivered in BTUs. Not coincidentally... (Read Full Article)

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Airflow Utilization Efficiency (aue)

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 14 2010) Servers

...osts while improving server performance. River Cooling refers to the design of flowing air from the CRAC unit, through specialized floor tiles and into the server fans. A well‐designed River Cooling syste... (Read Full Article)

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The Advantages of Liquid Cooling

Explore Data Center Knowledge (Jul 2 2010) Power and Cooling , Servers

...d. In any of these designs, one could eliminate or minimize the use of air cooling generated by the CRAC units. In addition, as much as 80 percent of the IT area could be reduced by densification utilizin... (Read Full Article)

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Combating Thermal Issues with Next-Gen Tools

Explore Data Center Knowledge (May 10 2010) Cap and Trade , Servers

...evated temperatures and returning air back to units at higher temperatures improves efficiencies of CRAC units, resulting in increased capacities. The Future Is Green The push to go green is not only bein... (Read Full Article)

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Data Centre cooling - save up to 90% on energy costs (Stand W6 at Sustainability Live)

Explore edie.net (Apr 27 2009) Carbon Footprint , Wind , Servers

...ults in energy saving is in excess of 90% compared with traditional Computer Room Air Conditioners (CRAC's) CASE STUDY EcoCooling evaporative cooling units have been used at Kings House Bedworth by Warwic... (Read Full Article)

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