Thermal Strategy Crucial to Data Center Efficiency
Data center optimization company stresses importance of a thermal strategy to avoid outages
With thermal risks still accounting for 29 percent of unplanned data center outages, data center optimization company, EkkoSense, has detailed how organizations need a more structured thermal approach to kick their addiction to over-cooling — cooling now accounts for 35 percent of overall data center energy consumption.
“Research shows that thermal issues, such as over-heating, now accounts for almost a third of unplanned data center outages, even though the average utilization of cooling equipment (air handling units (AHUs), computer room air conditioners (CRACs), etc.) remains very low,” said James Kirkwood, head of services at EkkoSense.