Over 100,000 EkkoSense
sensors now deployed in
critical data centres
D
ata centre performance specialist,
EkkoSense, has announced
that over 100,000 of its unique
EkkoSensor low-cost temperature and
humidity sensors are already being used
in data centres worldwide. Part of the
EkkoSense Critical Things family of data
centre sensors and hubs, EkkoSensors
help make the real-time monitoring and
planning of data centre power, cooling
and space a reality by providing rack-level
and cooling unit thermal data via secure
128-bit AES encryption into EkkoSense’s
powerful EkkoSoft Critical cloud-based 3D
visualisation software.
thresholds. The screen can be cycled to
show alert status, temperature profiles
over the last hour, 24 hours and seven
days for quick thermal assessment on site.
“Our EkkoSensor range of sensors play a
key role in helping EkkoSense customers
to monitor, manage and maximise their
data centre performance and it’s great
that we’ve now hit the 100,000 mark for
sensor deployments,” said David Corder,
Head of Engineering at EkkoSense. “With
our low-cost EkkoSensor family, we’re
successfully disrupting the traditional
sensor cost model and making the real-
time thermal management of critical
facilities such as data centres, a reality.” Designed and developed by EkkoSense and
manufactured in the UK, EkkoSensors and
other EkkoSense solutions are available
directly, or through the company’s
expanding network of international partners
across the US, Europe and Asia Pacific.
The latest version of the EkkoSensor is
compact, unobtrusive and cost-effective
enough to be deployed in large numbers,
encouraging higher spatial resolution right
down to rack level. EkkoSensors are self-
contained, battery powered and uniquely
identified at manufacture – making
installation much simpler. The EkkoSensor
includes a local display of key values
along with configurable temperature alert
David Corder, Head of Engineering, said:
“Reaching the 100,000 EkkoSensor
deployment mark is impressive –
especially now we are exporting the
hardware range internationally. After
extensive R&D we are delighted to be
offering our new range of easy to install
Critical Things sensors and hubs to
provide rack level and cooling unit level
thermal data via secure 128 bit AES
encryption into the EkkoSoft Critical
cloud based software. We’ve just released
version 6 of EkkoSoft Critical and it is
great to now be offering new improved
hardware to our customers as part of our
continual improvement goals.” ◊
Real-time data collected from the
EkkoSensor range of IoT-enabled wireless
thermal sensors and EkkoAir wireless
cooling duty sensors – that track real-
time cooling duty loads for any CRAC/
AHU unit – are collected and forwarded
by the EkkoHub wireless data receiver.
This can support data from up to 500
wireless EkkoSensors within a 20m radius,
allowing EkkoSense to provide data centre
operators with thermal insights right down
to an individual rack-level. This critical
data can then be analysed within EkkoSoft
Critical to provide a fully-modelled 3D
view of the data centre’s current cooling,
power and space performance.
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