Demand Based Cooling for Data Centers and Server Rooms

Data Center Cooling: A Challenge for Today and Tomorrow

Data Centers are experiencing unprecedented growth in heat density which presents new challenges to Data Center cooling. Traditional methods of Data Center cooling struggle to support today’s server technology. Demand Based Cooling (formerly known as Room Scale Intelligent Cooling) from AdaptivCool solves this problem by adding real time management and delivery of cooling supply to the ever changing Data Center environment. Any new and existing raised floor Data Center can take advantage of this technology, regardless if they are running Glycol, Air Cooled, or Chilled Water cooling systems. Overall data center cooling system reliability is enhanced by the ability to dynamically provision for computer room air conditioner (CRAC) failures and additional servers.  

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The Demand Based Cooling Solution

Demand Based Cooling (DBC) is a total systems level approach to optimizing Data Center Airflow. Comprehensive data center computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis and best practices are coupled with an advanced active airflow management system which monitors and manages computer room air conditioning (CRAC) units and adds networked adaptive airmovers (HotSpotr) to radically improve data center cooling efficency and redundancy. Since many data centers are overcooled but have airflow distribution issues, by actively controlling airflow and cooling, both efficiency (PUE) and cooling capacity are radically transformed. Data center cooling efficiency is improved by 20 to 40%, in the typical case, while cooling redundancy is simultaneously enhanced.

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Steps to a Cooler Data Center

1. On-site data center cooling audit discovers all variables within each unique data center, including room layout and rack location, server density, computer room air conditioner (CRAC) type and location, perforated tile quantity and location, and relevant external factors such as solar gain and humidity intrusion.
2. Data Center CFD modeling provides an accurate baseline model of the data center, which predicts data center airflow and temperature changes above and below the floor during normal operation and under failure modes.
   
   CFD Analysis illustrating DBC automatically compensating for thermal
   rise in a data center 
3. Project review with IT and facilities departments based on engineering results. A number of options are considered and a solution is recommended.
4. Turnkey installation requires no down time or movement of IT or critical infrastructure.

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