An internal arc fault is rare, but it is the most severe fault that can occur within a switchgear system

The airline could win back some trust if it helped to break the secrecy around IT failures
Our latest on the BA outage is here

There are several ways to remove energy from high performance computing (HPC) installations. Which should you choose?

Data centers are making things better for the rest of us

An essential but complex guide to lightning protection for data centers

Standardized IT pod architectures can offer many advantages to hyperscale and colocation data centers

While politicians do little, the energy industry’s demand side and supply side need to talk. DCD aims to help get the discussion going

How to avoid common mistakes in measuring PUE

IT experts and facilities managers are in separate silos right now, but there won’t be room for both of them in the data center of the future 

To get real efficiency figures, you need accurate measurements

Systems that use outside air for cooling are cheap and efficient, but they are prone to failure and need careful monitoring 

The benefits of digital rotary UPS (DRUPS) systems may be overstated, because static systems are not standing still

For most of us, it’s a distant, and maybe-not-so-serious goal, but there’s one sector where off-grid operation is considered normal 

Just because you can do bad things doesn’t mean you should

Eco-mode saves power but increases the risks associated with a UPS. Silicon carbide could give the best of both worlds 

There are many ways to make liquid cooling more reliable, more affordable, and easier to handle

Cloud giants are adopting renewable power, but smaller companies lack the budget, and some regions lack the infrastructure to do the same. What are their options? 

As grids get hard up, could data centers share their backup generators with the rest of society?

If you take into account the water used in generating electricity, then cooling towers can actually save water

Computational fluid dynamics can model airflow in servers, but a whole data center space is more complex 

While we’re dreaming up underwater data centers, we also need to tweak our generators

Micro data centers have become something any CTO can be proud of

Who says that data centres have to be renewably powered?

It’s a different world at the edge