Here are this week’s top stories from around the industry considering data center efficiency, cooling, and best practices. Enjoy!
How to Reuse Waste Heat from Data Centers Intelligently
From DataCenterKnowledge.com
Data centers worldwide are energy transformation devices. They draw in raw electric power on one side, spin a few electrons around, spit out a bit of useful work, and then shed more than 98 percent of the electricity as not-so-useful low-grade heat energy. They are almost the opposite of hydroelectric dams and wind turbines.
Navy Aims to Boost Energy, Data Center Efficiency at California Bases
From GCN.com
The Navy will be upgrading data centers as part of an extensive infrastructure improvement project at two bases in California. Through a self-funding energy savings performance contract with Schneider Electric, the Navy is guaranteed $114 million in energy cost savings, Schneider Electric said.
Modular Magic: How a Non-Traditional Modular Data Centre Can Bring You Significant Savings
From DataCenterNews.com
Data centres have been quite misunderstood. Most people think they’re just ‘server boxes’ and while that definition may be true on a very basic level, it’s these ‘boxes’ that drive the modern economy. Ninety percent of all collective information created in the past decade lives on the Internet. The storage and exchange of information through the web is made possible by data centres.
Data Center Containment and Control Drives Energy Efficiency
From DatacenterDynamics.com
In the race to data center energy efficiency and greater cost control operators are balancing the surging demand for processing power, work load virtualization and consolidation, while concentrating on various elements that offer possible key efficiency and cost reduction possibilities. Proper data center efficiency goes beyond achieving energy savings, it depends on careful planning and cost-effective choices.
Edge Computing: The Next Frontier for Telcos
From LightReading.com
Edge computing presents opportunities for telcos to re-evaluate their business models to diversify their sources of revenue beyond the traditional. Driven by the Internet of Things, video-on-demand and big data, edge computing moves data centers closer to the end user at the edge of the network, optimizing content delivery and data processing. By converting empty floor space into an edge computing data center, telcos can not only expand their business, but provide better service by reducing latency and lowering transmission costs.
Upsite Stories
How to Improve Your PUE Through Cable Management
From The Upsite Blog
Cable management can have a significant impact on airflow management (AFM) in a data center, which in turn has a significant impact on the efficiency of a data center’s mechanical plant. As we all know, the efficiency of a data center’s mechanical plant has a significant impact on PUE. Therefore, cable management can have a significant impact on a data center’s PUE.
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