Data center cooling is certainly on the radar of the major vendors. Last year Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) announced a "smart" cooling solution for data center design. The technology uses computational fluid dynamics -- the same technique used in airplane design -- to create a 3D model of temperature distribution throughout the data center. It then recommends the best placement of computing resources and air conditioning equipment.
According to HP, the solution could potentially save users millions of dollars a year, by reducing cooling expenses and saving energy.
Blade servers, in particular, are a considerable drain on data center power supplies. According to research from American Power Conversion Corp. 15kW blade servers can be purchased and installed in a single rack today. However, the company has warned that some users will attempt to install this equipment in data centers where the industry average load is only 1.4kW per rack.
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