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Data Center Thermal Management: A holistic approach to energy efficiency

July 29, 2009

Data Center Thermal Management ArticleHow important is data center thermal management energy efficiency? How about cashing in a 50% reduction in cooling energy on a one megawatt data center for $1.9 million savings over the life of the data center? (Savings based on fifteen year life of data center, $0.08 per kilowatt hour electricity cost and power usage effectiveness improvement from 2.0 to 1.63.)

If this sounds like a savings you'd like to see in your data center read the article "Data Center Thermal Management: A holistic approach approach to energy efficiency" by Ian Seaton, CPI's Technical Applications Development Manager. The article can also be found in this months issue of BICSI News.

How can your data center benefit from energy-saving technologies? Find out with the CPI PUE Calculator

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