Disparate environments require custom cooling strategies to maximize the parameters of infrastructure, environment, and equipment age

Genset OEMs play fast and loose with generator ratings, and you could end up the worse for it

Multi-tenant data center mergers are driving down the cost of infrastructure, while leaving IT margins untouched

The UK government tried to offer tax incentives for buying efficient UPS systems. The effort was doomed from the start

ASHRAE has said data centers don’t need humidification. Fancy a wager on when its recommendations will be adopted?

Google joining Open Compute is more exciting than Spiderman’s appearance in a Captain America movie trailer

Ghosts, kittens and motor bikes - they all make a dangerous mix when combined with raised access floors!

Google is sharing its 48VDC power distribution with the Open Compute Project. This will be of limited use in European data centers 

A data center powered exclusively by the sun is not ufeasible, but it is highly impractical

A story about physical security measures, and how they changed my life

If energy costs are falling, data centers will boom 

Ever been told to slow down and take a deep breath? Now it’s the data centers that will be hearing that advice

Slicing a data center up into domestic heating systems may be an extreme idea, but it just got backed by a conventional data center firm

So what if data center power demands are growing fast. Does the industry need to worry?

While some sites clear up the aftermath of a deluge, others should get their cleaning in order

How well did the industry do in predicting 2015?

To prevent outages, make capacity management a company-wide mission

The rise of edge data centers means Interxion Paris won’t be the last data center to annoy its neighbors

Small and medium sized data centers can calculate PUE without metering beyond the UPS

California learnt to allow refrigerants

ASHRAE’s new data center building standard includes recommended PUE levels

Something as simple as upgrading your fans can have a huge impact on power consumption

IBM and Rittal aren’t the first prospecters into Norway’s giant Lefdal mine

Why change the Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) metric?