Data Center Airflow Management Best Practices
In an ideal situation, when the data center is located in a cold geographical area, making free cooling possible, the need for traditional air conditioning systems is significantly reduced. Leveraging outdoor temperatures to cool equipment allows these data center facilities to be energy efficient, boast better PUE values, and have a lower environmental impact. However, […]
Who’s Responsible for What? Provider and Customer Duties in the Colocation Data Center
There comes a point in a business’s life when the public cloud becomes too expensive to maintain the entire IT infrastructure in. Or when scaling becomes urgent, and the server room has already outgrown the capacity of the on-premises space previously set up for this purpose. Building a private data center from zero is quite […]
What is PUE and Why Does It Matter For Data Centers
Data centers, powering everything from cloud services and big data analytics to IoT devices, are the backbone of everything we do in this digital world. Our entire economy depends on their efficiency. As data centers become more complex and grow in scale, energy consumption is becoming a pressing concern in the industry. Data centers require […]
What is Data Center Consolidation
Data center consolidation is crucial to manage your business’s IT infrastructure efficiently. As a Chief Technology Officer or business owner, it is your job to recommend solutions that enable your organization to run smoothly while saving costs – and data center consolidation is an excellent way to help you achieve this. Still, it is essential […]