The usage of data centers globally has skyrocketed in the past three to four years in response to growing demand for information storage and transfer from banks, hospitals, government bodies, telecom operators and hosting facilities.
The usage of data centers globally has skyrocketed in the past three to four years in response to growing demand for information storage and transfer from banks, hospitals, government bodies, telecom operators and hosting facilities. Data center power load (and therefore heat dissipation) footprints are continuing to rise, with greenhouse gas emissions from data centers expected to overtake airline industry emissions by 2020. Cooling constitutes a major cost in the operation of a data center. This has led to an increased focus on minimizing energy use in data centers and thereby reduced operating costs.
For new builds at today’s server power levels and in instances where same space is retro-fitted, or old servers are swapped out for new in existing racks, there is increased likelihood of thermal problems due to ever higher power densities. This makes thermal design, proven by CFD simulation, essential if the design capacity of the data center is to be reached. This white paper discusses a holistic approach in which the cooling strategy can achieve this business goal from the outset by CFD simulation during data center design.
To read this free white paper, please fill out the form on the right. Mentor Graphics has sponsored this download.
