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Improving Data Center Energy Efficiency   Click here to view pdf of this article and print and share. Huge gains have been made over the past few years to improve energy efficiencies.  Implementing best practices such as preventing airflow bypass, installing blanking panels, sealing openings in the raised floor, and utilizing hot-cold aisle configurations have helped many data centers lower...

Tips for Assessing and Addressing Airflow Problems Tips for retrofitting a legacy data center with airflow management techniques designed to reduce cooling energy costs and increase equipment density capacity. Types of airflow problems • Hot spots – an area, related to a rack or set of racks, where ambient air temperature is above acceptable levels. Typically caused by poor airflow...

Even the Government Agrees! U.S. Department of Energy suggests you first address the simple solutions to airflow problems in legacy data centers A recent study by the U.S. Department of Energy on Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory suggests that as data center energy densities increase, measured in power-use per square foot, energy savings for...