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This won't be practical for most data centre operators due to cost, land, power and connectivity availability.. A more practical way to reduce the mechanical cooling demand is by increasing the air/water temperature supplied to the data hall.For example, migrating to ASHRAE A1 Allowable temperature range from ASHRAE A1 Recommended during peak external ambient conditions could reduce OPEX considerably.. ASHRAE Environmental Classes (Allowable) for Data Centres.

Hot and cold aisle separation is standard in all new data centres, however, improved air flow management and hot aisle containment (HAC) leakage reduction can have a positive improvement on air temperatures in the room.. Air Side Economisers.In data centres operating within ASHRAE A1 Allowance temperature and located in colder/dryer climates, direct evaporative coolers (DEC) are a highly efficient solution, however, they utilise a larger footprint on the site.These systems can potentially operate in free cooling mode year-round, leveraging both dry and adiabatic cooling based on external conditions.

This can translate to low reliance on mechanical cooling and potentially exceptional PUE values..Using water for adiabatic cooling allows the unit to cool the air close to the wet bulb temperature of the ambient air as opposed to the dry bulb temperature (dry cooling).

Due to the wet bulb temperature being often many degrees below coincident dry bulb temperature, in high dry bulb conditions this can mitigate the requirement for mechanical cooling.. Data Centre with DEC unit.

Chilled water system flexibility.This allows for visualisation of different issues within a project..

It's important that when we define chips, we don't leave gaps.We aim to capture everything: the building, the equipment, operations, software, hazards, quality requirements, whatever is important in that system.

At the point of inquiry, we are trying to get that information loaded into that Chip..When we are creating plans, we like to work in three dimensions from the very early part of the project.