Is America ready for a sudden loss of electric power over large portions of North America? The opening panel of the Data Center World conference examined the risks posed by an aging grid, solar geomagnetic storms, and electromagnetic pulses.
This week Schneider Electric added another entry in the aisle containment market with the launch of EcoAisle, an "intelligent" containment system that supports both hot and cold aisle containment.
New IT solutions have created environments capable of more user density, more resiliency and even greater amounts of consolidation. Remember, although these systems do increase efficiency, they also modify the dynamics of data center cooling...
The private equity sector sees opportunity in data center maintenance. Seaport Capital said this week that it has acquired DSA Mission Critical Services (MCS), which may become a vehicle for "strategic acquisitions."
Cloudsite Development has acquired a controlling interest in KyotoCooling B.V., a provider of cooling solutions known for its "heat wheel" approach to air economization.
As data centers get bigger, S&C Electric Company is advocating medium voltage solutions for power distribution and backup. The company's technology is of interest because you can place power infrastructure outside, clearing up room in the...
Emerson Network Power is adopting a new name for its Liebert precision cooling operation, which will now be known as the Thermal Management business. Emerson says the updated moniker reflects a new way of thinking about cooling challenges.
United Metal Products, Inc. announced today the successful sale of their interest in Chil-Pak, a manufacturer of modular chilled water plants, to Air Matrix, L.P.
With more virtualization and high-density computing, the energy efficiency of a data center has become a vital consideration. In fact, IDC reports that energy consumption per server is growing by 9 percent per year globally as growth in...
Is the data center industry a candidate for regulation as a utility, as suggested last week by the New York Times? We reached out to experts who were familiar with both data centers and utilities to get their take.
