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ASHRAE 90.4 Update

2019-10-04 GDCM Leave a comment

In most jurisdictions ASHRAE 90.1 is used as the building energy standard to be followed as part of their building…

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Posted in: Construction, Cooling, Energy, Location, Power, Standards Filed under: 90.4, ASHRAE, ISO, MLC, PUE, TC 9.9

Air Energy Recovery

2019-06-21 GDCM Leave a comment

Data center managers are always on the lookout for a means to reduce the heat that their facilities generate to…

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Posted in: Cooling, Costs, Energy, Location, Maintenance Filed under: air-to-air, energy recovery, heat exchanger, heat pipe, heat wheel, recovery

Shades of Gray

2019-03-14 GDCM Leave a comment

Today there are water issues throughout the world, which also affects data centers.  Ten states in the U.S. are in…

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Posted in: Cooling, Costs, Location, Water Filed under: graywater, Greywater, stormwater, wastewater, Water

Balancing Density & Size

2018-12-15 GDCM Leave a comment

Data centers have become larger, more dense, and taller over the last decade. This growth is fueled by the expansion…

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Posted in: Construction, IT equipment, Location Filed under: Construction, cost, density, sqft

Building to the sky: Structure & Utilities

2018-10-05 GDCM Leave a comment

Typical data centers need stout structural support to ensure that the heavy equipment inside will be able to be supported…

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Posted in: Construction, Costs, Location, Maintenance Filed under: Land, multi-story, structure

Land: A Shrinking Resource?

2018-09-04 GDCM Leave a comment

The amount of land available to us is finite and we need to carefully manage how the land is deployed…

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Posted in: Construction, Costs, Location Filed under: Ashburn, cost, Land, Location, NorthernVA

Location by Incentives

2018-04-03 GDCM Leave a comment

A lot of people wonder why data centers aren’t built only at the arctic and antarctic circles to take advantage…

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Posted in: Costs, Location Filed under: Apple, Facebook, Fiber, Google, Incentives, Land costs, Location

Water Issues of the Southwest USA

2018-03-03 GDCM Leave a comment

It seems that there are reports about the dire water conditions of the Southwest United States at least once a…

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Posted in: Costs, Location, Standards, Water Filed under: Arizona, California, Greywater, Location, Nevada, Non-potable, Southwest, Water

Seismic Ratings

2016-08-06 GDCM Leave a comment

When do you need to have seismic rated equipment?  Should you have all equipment rated for an earthquake or just redundant…

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Posted in: Construction, Cooling, IT equipment, Location, Maintenance, Reliability, Standards Filed under: equipment, reliability, seismic, Standards, supports

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