Miscellaneous

PDU Cables is happy to announce it has undertaken exclusive distribution of Busway Solutions tap-off boxes.  Busway Solutions has designed a safer and superior tap-off box to the standard OEM plug-in’s offered for Starline’s T5 series busway track system.  Fully compatible with any of the 250, 400, 800 and 1200 amp T5 series systems. The re-engineered plug mast with larger...

As the number of data centers continues to increase in the United States, they are becoming much more energy efficient. A new report from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has found that electricity consumption by data centers nationwide, after rising rapidly for more than a decade, started to plateau in 2010 and has remained steady...

I was reading some literature that was touting the use of an overhead power distribution system. It made its case for overhead cabling mostly by pointing out the potential risks related to restriction and obstruction of airflow as the result of leaving abandoned cables under floor and not having an organized cabling system. And then to drive their point home...

I was reading an article about how the Prineville Oregon data center electricians have to stay in hotels and even camp out because there isn't enough housing available for all the workers. "We have 300 or 400 electricians working here, and they're having difficulty finding places to stay." Jeff Kerr, Senior project manager, Rosendin Electric. "At some points, there are...

"It's not just a promise, it's a commitment" Abraham Lincoln once said: "COMMITMENT is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year...

A recent article in Clean Technica Renewables Could Generate 48% of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Industry's Power Supply by 2020, shares some interesting statistics compiled by the EPA's Green Power Partners program. Based on the reports small sample size, the percentage of renewable energy used to power tech and telecom (data centers) is over 30%. That's a pretty big...

"Not every server is mission-critical. Not every data center needs to be, either." I saw that quote in a recent article about how some data centers are looking to offer options on power redundancy to clients who can get by with something less than five-nines. Branch Circuit Power Distribution Cables are a Critical Component of Successful Load Delivery For data...

As recently reported in the Washington Post, the Main-Syracuse Longitudinal Study (MSLS) found that people who eat chocolate at least once a week tend to perform better cognitively. Prior studies have shown that nutrients called cocoa flavanols, found in cocoa and chocolate, have a positive effect on people's brains. Cocoa flavanols increase blood flow to the brain which in turn...

Electrical device manufacturers recommended torque settings that range from 12 to 90 inch pounds depending on the device type, when terminating conductors. Device torque settings can vary dramatically between manufacturers for the same device. As an example, for a CS8369 device one manufacturer recommends 25 to 30 pounds, while another recommends 45 to 54 pounds. That's a very broad range...

More and more businesses, large and small, are beginning to reach a point where their data needs have outstripped their in-house computing capabilities. Instead of spending the capital or devoting resources to upgrade their infrastructure, they are seriously considering contracting with a retail data center to host their data. Your concerns when outsourcing data hosting are the same as when...