Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, January 11-17
Designing safe laboratories and research facilities; designing power systems for co-location data centers; how to design fire alarm notification systems; tips for transformer design in industrial buildings; and emergency, standby, and backup generators questions answered were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, Jan. 11-17. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, December 21-27
Salary survey results, requirements for fire pump retrofits, data center co-location electrical system design, critical factors when designing fire suppression systems, and curbing VFD harmonics in HVAC applications questions answered were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, Dec. 21-27. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.
Designing power systems for co-location data centers
Engineers must consider many factors when designing power and electrical systems for data centers.
Case study: Specialize co-location data center
A co-location facility is explained, piece by piece.
Data center co-location electrical system design
Co-location data centers lease space for IT equipment, power, cooling, and bandwidth. In addition to being cost-efficient, one of the most important obligations of the co-location owner is to provide continuous high-quality electrical power.
Video: Top Operational and Energy Saving Trends for Data Center Cooling
This presentation will highlight the advances made in critical infrastructure technologies for chillers and cooling plants, AHUs, and modular approaches to achieve significant operating and energy expense savings.
McKinstry: Denver International Airport Data Center
New construction; commissioning, retro-commissioning; airport; and new construction
Cloud adoption drives hyperscale data centers
This change in data center landscape ultimately is a result of the mass emergence of the cloud in 2016.
Tackling data center energy use
ASHRAE Standard 90.4: Energy Standard for Data Centers guides engineers in designing mechanical and electrical systems in data centers.
Data centers used for bitcoin mining
Data centers used for bitcoin mining have significant differences from their commercial data center counterparts.