Concrete and steel account for up to 50% of the building shell product carbon footprint (PCF). Material substitutions or alternative energy sources can reduce the two materials’ PCF by up to 30%, but zero-emission products are years away.
There are no commonly accepted best practices or standards to refer to when assessing the fire hazard that single-phase immersion fluids pose in a data center application and the appropriate measures against them.
Energy attribute certificates (EACs) are becoming the preferred option for demonstrating the consumption of carbon-free and renewable energy. However, there is still some considerable debate regarding what type of EACs to use.
Air cooling’s third wind
Uptime Institute Cooling Systems Survey 2024: Direct liquid cooling
Is this air cooling’s last gasp?
Ignore Li-ion fire risks at your peril
iPDUs: a critical step for next generation efficiency
Why DC racks are still rarely used outside of hyperscalers
EED reporting deadlines are clarified
Data center sustainability standards
Operators are pushing net-zero targets beyond 2030
Mitigating OT risk from third-party requests
Complexity versus cybersecurity in the data center: which wins?
High-impact outages highlight ongoing resiliency challenges
DCIM past and present: what’s changed?
Effective EOPs: how cognitive science can help
The impact of AI on data center operations (Part I)
Capacity planning for liquid-cooled data centers
Increased requirements for Scope 3 reporting and energy certificates
Equipment prices rise despite supply chain improvements