Notes from the Consultant's Jungle

In 2006, Amercan data centers consumed more power than American televisions. Collectively, data centers consumed more power than all the TVs in every home and sports bar in America. That really puts a new perspective on it, doesn’t it? For the past few years, the “P-word” has loomed large in the dialogue around data centers. [...]

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You may be familiar with the “Dollars per KW plus Dollars per Square Foot of Computer Floor” white paper from the Uptime Institute for data center construction cost estimation. Following the update to their widely referenced Tier classifications paper, this benchmark for thumbnail cost estimation has been updated as well. If you’d like to look [...]

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I was recently asked a question about how cool the cold aisle should be in a data center using hot/cold aisles to manage temperature. This question is difficult to answer without other background information. I’ve seen specifications reference ASHRAE guidelines, Uptime Institute recommendations, and so on. For me, TIA-942 (which is the basis for the [...]

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The Uptime Institute recently released an update to its white paper defining the Tier levels for data centers. If you’re interested in looking at it, it can be found here. This update from the Institute is a welcomed release indeed. In our recent experience with Clients planning, renovating, and building data centers, the earlier release [...]

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