UNCOVERING THE LAYERS
Additionally, a cabinet-contained
solution offers the potential to cool up
to 30kW of IT load passively, which well
exceeds most standard compute and
storage applications.
AN INTEGRATED
HARDWARE
SOLUTION
ENSURES
COMPATIBILITY
BETWEEN
PRODUCTS
AND CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE THE
COST OF
DEPLOYMENT.
Jon Barker, Technical Manager,
Chatsworth Products
Are there any key regional trends
you are seeing when it comes to
data centre requirements?
Sustainability will be the name of the
game. Legislation is expected to come
into effect that will require data centre
owners and operators to fulfil a green
energy quota.
As data centres continue to grow, we
see increased demands on local power
grids that can cause issues further down
the road – this was acutely noted in
the Netherlands where all data centre
builds were stopped in Amsterdam and
Haarlemmermeer because the proper
green energy quotas weren’t being met.
How can organisations
ensure their data centres
are future-proof?
Investing in infrastructure hardware that
allows for the most flexible and adaptable
environment for changes in physical space
demands, power loading and cooling
requirements would be part of a solid
approach to future-proofing.
The hardware that secures, protects,
powers and cools racks, cable
management and power distribution units
(PDUs) can be among the most disruptive
to change in an operational data centre
and yet a relatively small part of the
overall day one budget. ◊
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