how arizona colocation companies stay green (slideshare)
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But green technologies are available to keep operations sustainable even when business is hot
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Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software provides facility managers with greater insights
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into the colocation site’s energy usage and offers solutions to maximize equipment operating efficiency
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making it such a valuable resource that over 60% of North American data centers will be using it by 2017
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• Air-side: Outside air is filtered into the facility or brought in indirectly via heat exchangers
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• Water-side: Water or another cooling medium such as glycol circulate through cooling towers instead of compressors or chillers
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• Adiabatic: A form of air-side cooling that involves air being brought to a chamber and combined with evaporated water to cool internal temperatures
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that many data centers and colocation sites are now being built without mechanical chiller plants
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All servers and other hardware in a row of cabinets face the same direction so that cool air blows from one side while hot air is expelled on the other
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By properly managing the cable setup at each rack discharge, recirculation is reduced
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Installing blanking panels and placing higher-density servers at low or mid-height shelves also improves air management
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Lighting control systems, working in conjunction with occupancy sensors, lower energy usage
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Arizona colocation companies now favor building designs that reflect heat and retain cool air:
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• White roofs covered with solar-reflective white coating that decreases surface temperatures by 100°F
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Such protective measures not only lower cooling costs, they also offset CO₂ emissions by approximately 5 metric tons per 500 square feet
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By implementing green practices such as free cooling and hot aisle / cold aisle layouts,
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Arizona colocation companies can meet growing customer demand and even expand in the future without compromising on energy efficiency
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Does your colocation company use any of the strategies outlined in this post?
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