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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/features/index.cfm?featureID=3794&pagtype=samecatsamechan

The San Diego Supercomputing centre’s $32 million data centre expansion, slated for completion next July, is designed to be energy efficient from the ground up.

The 80,000-square-foot building will double the size of the SDSC’s facilities; besides an additional 5,000 square feet of data centre space, the expansion will house classrooms, offices, meeting rooms and a 250-seat auditorium.

Under development since 2003, the building has an energy-efficient displacement ventilation system that uses the natural buoyancy of warm air to provide improved ventilation and comfort; exterior shade devices, such as awnings, to control temperatures by blocking the sun; and natural ventilation (the windows in the building will open) to save energy.

This article highlights not only how addressing the server or IT infrastructure energy efficiency/design is important, but also the data center design. How the air flow is set up, whether you’re using DC power, or the statements around ‘fresh air cooling’, even the temperature you’re setting your data center to operate at.

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