Data Center Design
Learning Objectives:
- Learn why achieving a Tier IV classification is important for ensuring backup generator run smoothly during outages.
- Identify different site selection considerations.
- Become informed about HVAC data center design plans and the different ways to cool these facilities.
- Understand where, when and why site owners may choose modular data center options.
Credits:
Below are a set of links to articles from Mission Critical. Click on each link below to read the articles and then complete the quiz to earn your credit and certificate of completion.
Data center and mission critical construction is a sprawling topic, with issues ranging from sustainability to power density. How are data center designers preparing these facilities for natural disasters? How is decarbonization driving changes in design? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this Mission Critical exclusive course.
Data center construction solutions: Ignore the flue at your peril
An example of why the flue is so important is Tier IV classification, which can only be achieved when a facility can prove a sufficient level of fault tolerance. The flue is central to this, as it allows backup generators to run smoothly in the event of a main outage.
Dean Moffatt
Three site selection considerations for data center development
The following three site selection considerations can help owners and developers determine whether a site is a prime data center opportunity: Availability of essential utilities, clarity of the zoning ordinance and property size and location.
Megan Baird
Decarbonizing data centers with AI-driven HVAC solutions
While most data centers use air-cooled chillers that have free cooling coils to benefit from lower ambient conditions, air-cooled, magnetic bearing centrifugal chillers can operate at inverted conditions and provide free cooling without the need for additional coils.
Mukul Anand
Data center pipe dreams come true
Novva data center offers more than just a location. Inside is a cooling system that features Aquatherm PP-RCT piping, which will provide virtually leak-free service for decades to come.
Provided by Aquatherm
How to evolve with data centers in a sustainable way
Modern data center layouts (with slab floors) are opting for the simple approach of flooding the room with a large cold air supply, managing humidity, and exhausting hot air into the plenum ceiling return.
Kelsey Herring
How to maximize construction efficiency for data center facilities
AI-driven technologies help stakeholders identify potential bottlenecks before they cause delays.
René Morkos
Mission critical projects propel gangbuster year for Henderson Building Solutions
Just over a year ago, Henderson Building Solutions had one employee focused on projects servicing the mission critical industry. The company is now projecting to round out 2023 with $53 million in revenue from mission critical projects alone.
Mission Critical Magazine staff
European exascale supercomputer sets new energy efficiency standards with No. 1 ranking
Today, virtually all leading systems on the Green500 ranking rely heavily on GPUs, which are designed to perform calculations with much greater energy efficiency.
Mission Critical Magazine staff
Modular data centers provide answer to current customer supply challenges
With most of the year’s remaining supply already preleased or under exclusivity, operators must employ creative solutions – like modular data centers – capable of being rapidly installed, deployed on an accelerated timeline and with IoT adaptability.
Mission Critical Magazine staff
AI to triple hyperscale data center capacity in 6 years
As the number of GPUs in hyperscale data centers skyrockets, driven primarily by AI, so the power density of associated racks and data center facilities also need to increase substantially. This is causing hyperscale operators to rethink some of their data center architecture and deployment plans.
Mission Critical Magazine staff
Editor's Pick | Vertiv SmartMod Max CW — Vertiv
The Vertiv SmartMod Max CW is a prefabricated modular data center designed to address the growing demand for rapid deployment of compute. This configurable and scalable solution supports up to 200 kW of total IT load in a single system and utilizes chilled water cooling for reduced environmental impact and energy efficiency.
Mission Critical Magazine staff
Photo courtesy of Edged Energy
Edged Energy's data centers are designed to provide an industry-leading average Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) of 1.15 portfolio-wide.
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