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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 25 — Today, Cummins Power Generation Inc., a leading global supplier of backup power generation systems for data centers and other mission-critical facilities, announced the launch of a new website specifically focused on product and technical information to support the needs of its data center customers. The launch of http://cumminsdatapower.com further demonstrates Cummins Power Generation’s emphasis on improving its products, packaging, educational information and marketing in one of...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Data Centers
By David Engle Last year’s Hurricane Sandy reminded us that power outages, big or small, are going to happen. Whenever well-prepared facilities are struck, the critical loads within are protected with stored energy. During a dozen seconds or so, in quick succession comes automatic fault detection, risk evaluation, and transfer of loads to UPS backup, until standby diesels can kick on from a cold start and take over. At each step come failure risks. Afterwards, still more failure hazards follow if...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Backup, Data Centers, Facilities
ATLANTA – Addendum cs to ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2010, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, is open for advisory public review from Jan. 4-Feb. 3, 2013. The addendum proposes changes to definitions for computer rooms and data centers in Standard 90.1 to create a distinction between facilities covered by 90.1 and those which are intended to be under the scope of ASHRAE Standard 90.4P, Energy Standard for Data Centers and Telecommunications Buildings, proposed by ASHRA...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Data Centers
DALLAS – Dec. 11, 2012 – Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, today announced its new advanced electrical power analysis and simulation solution module for data centers, which provides data center operators with added power system intelligence to ensure reliable, efficient and safe electrical power distribution infrastructure in data centers. This new functionality, which allows data center operators to analyze and understand the potential impact of changes they make to the power...... continue reading
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MINNEAPOLIS – Cummins Power Generation Inc., a leading global supplier of backup power generation systems for data centers and other mission-critical facilities, today announced a new diesel generator power output ratings category for data center applications. In response to data center customers’ needs for assurance of total reliability and dependability, the Data Center Continuous (DCC) rating offers diesel generator sets rated for unlimited hours of operation, with no restrictions on average variable...... continue reading
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Columbus, Ohio [November 14, 2012] – Data center energy costs and equipment efficiency have once again become the top-of-mind issues for data center managers, according to a fall survey of data center users from Emerson Network Power, a business of Emerson (NYSE: EMR) and the global leader in maximizing availability, capacity and efficiency of critical infrastructure. The fall installment of the biannual survey polled members of the Data Center Users’ Group® (DCUG), an association of influential data ce...... continue reading
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By Dan Rafter The power can never go out at the Santa Clara, CA, campus of Vantage Data Centers. If it does, the data center’s customers—financial institutions, offices, medical centers, and others—won’t have that constant access to their data that businesses today demand. And if that happens, Vantage Data Center’s reputation will plummet. Even a power outage lasting a few minutes could cause Vantage to lose thousands of dollars in potential business. That’s why the data center, a large-scale use...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Backup, Data Centers, Facilities
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Jan. 17, 2012 – An industry white paper, released this week by NxGen Modular, explores the evolution of containerized data centers into more customizable, scalable and maintainable modular data centers. This paper, titled “The Optimum Data Center: How Modular Data Centers Transcend Containers,” is meant to address the persistent misunderstanding in the industry of the differences between containerized and modular data centers. “Despite growing demand and the Uptime Institute’s finding...... continue reading
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By Carol Brzozowski Today’s buildings—residential, commercial, and industrial—consume more energy than any other sector of the US economy, including transportation and industry, and are responsible for 40% of US carbon emissions at a cost of more than $400 billion. In achieving greater energy efficiency, what’s wrapped around a building through its envelope is just as significant to its operation as the inside mechanical and lighting systems. What has been considered exceptional will soon become commonp...... continue reading
From: Distributed Energy Topics: Backup, Data Centers, Data Management
By ASCO Power Technologies Every professional holds a special place for reliable systems. Even the Yellow Pages dedicate commercials to reliable people and companies and how to identify “the good guys.” So when Technology Site Planners (Tech Site) received a phone call from a client to design and build a highly reliable data center in a former warehouse, they anticipated a number of challenges coming their way. Tech Site is an engineering design / build firm that specializes in evaluation, design, const...... continue reading
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