Chapter 5Cooling Your Way to a Greener Data Center
This chapter discusses how Data Center temperature settings impact energy usage and offers design strategies, technology solutions, and operational methods for improving cooling efficiency.
Setting Data Center Temperatures
Part of what determines how hard your Data Center cooling system has to work, and therefore how much energy it consumes, is the temperature at which you maintain the room. Operating a server environment at 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3 degrees Celsius) obviously requires more electricity for cooling than operating it at 75 degrees Fahrenheit (23.9 degrees Celsius), for instance.
For decades, Data Center managers sought to maintain server environments at temperatures slightly ...
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