Increasing Cabinet Quantity in the Data Center by Means of Improving Wire and Air Distribution

One of the first and most critical decisions that must be made in the design of the data center that will affect the facility for the life of the building is the distribution of the electrical and mechanical services to the cabinets. In this presentation, William Collier explains the four primary ways of distributing services throughout the data center and the effect each one has in relation to one another and how that choice affects:

 

• Cabinet quantity
• Ventilation effectiveness and efficiency for the servers
• Distribution of services overhead
• Flexibility and adaptability for moves, adds, and changes
• Practical application engineering

This class was originally presented at the BICSI 2021 Fall Conference.

 

Course Highlights

	Identify the four primary ways of distributing services throughout the data center
	Explain how various distribution methods affects the data center’s layout

 

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