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Shortage in power supply

We maybe take electrical power supply to the data center for granted but the power transmission networks can be a bottle neck (a.k.a. Critical Areas for Transmission Congestion). But apart from studies in the U.S. are their other studies available for other parts of the world?…

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Added by Rien Dijkstra on February 5, 2010 at 9:14 — No Comments

Introducing Our New Editor - Michiel van Blommestein

Hi Members,

Firstly a warm welcome to all new members who have recently joined. With the network growing and more people joining weekly we thought now would be a good time to add a more professional feel to the network. So I'd like to introduce you all to our new content editor Michiel van Blommestein.

Michiel is a journalist based in Europe with a special focus on technology and a keen… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on January 31, 2010 at 15:30 — No Comments

Tutorial - How to Create A Slide Show of your Photos that you can embed in your blog post or website

Hi all,

Here's a tip I thought I'd share with you about how you might improve any blog post by adding your photos as a slideshow directly into your article.

You can easily create an album of your photos (drawings) and include the 'embed' code in your blog post. If you need to do this in future just follow these steps:

1. Go to photos (http://www.datacenterprofessionals.net/photo)

2. Go to… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on January 28, 2010 at 15:30 — No Comments

modular data center economizers

hi guys,

take a look and let me know what you think.
my presentation has the drawings

Added by arthur larsen on January 26, 2010 at 21:30 — 1 Comment

Space Weather. Too weird a topic?

I have a hobby. I like astronomy. I have a little telescope that I use to check comets, moons and planets. I am also a data center professional, movie fan and amateur writer. Recently, those seemingly disparate interests converged into a kind of “out there” idea.

You may have heard of the new movie “2012”; where the world comes to an end? I was thinking about that movie, solar astronomy and data centers the other day and was able to connect the dots. I wrote an article on the subject and… Continue

Added by Eric Gallant on November 3, 2009 at 21:13 — 2 Comments

Sabey Addresses Tukwila Flood Concerns

Public officials in Tukwila, Wash. are preparing for potentially serious flooding in the Seattle suburb, but the owner of a major data center complex in town says its facilities are outside the threatened area. Sabey Corp., which operates the Intergate.East Technology Campus, says the development will remain “high and dry” in any flooding related to problems with the Howard Hanson dam...

For more information, please visit… Continue

Added by Shawn Sullivan on September 28, 2009 at 23:17 — No Comments

New Feature - Member Map

We've added a member map to the site. Thought it could be useful to see (at a glance) where everyone is. It may end up being more fun to use than the

Advanced Search feature.

Note that the map does not take your location details from your profile info by default - instead its up to you whether you choose to add yourself to the map or not. But its easy to add your location and some text about yourself. The …

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Added by DCPNet Admin on September 11, 2009 at 16:30 — 2 Comments

Connect with leading I.T. Power Management experts in a series of live webcasts

Connect with leading I.T. Power Management experts in a series of live

webcasts

WHEN: 11:00am onwards, 18th August, 2009.

Leading industry experts will answer your questions at the BrightTALK I.T. Power Management summit via a series of live webcasts to share the latest innovations and best practices for reducing company- wide energy usage and costs. Companies will learn how to dramatically reduce energy costs and carbon footprints.

Register to attend live… Continue

Added by DCPNet Admin on August 14, 2009 at 1:50 — No Comments

physical security and remote monitoring for data centers is important

Physical Security in Data Center is important. Monitoring Server rooms is important for the security of Data.

Do visit www.cradle.com/downloads.html to find out more about enVigil.

Also you can see the limited live demo at - http://demo.cradlewatch.com/preview.html

Professional grade equipment where the video data… Continue

Added by Ramesh Yadav on July 28, 2009 at 18:42 — No Comments

New Video from Dean Nelson of Sun on a new data center efficiency reporting system coming down the pipe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUJodZ_GzUk

Very interesting.

Added by Ryan Erskine on June 30, 2009 at 22:49 — No Comments

Datacentre Strategics Conference - Seoul 24 July - Call for Speakers‏

Owing to late cancellations by independent speakers there are two speaking slots available. If you wish to be an expert speaker, or sit on one of the discussion panels, please e-mail stephen.woollard@psholdings.com.
Thank you.

Added by Stephen Woollard on June 30, 2009 at 10:26 — No Comments

Fire Suppression inside the Enclosure

I've added some pictures and a power point on how you raise your fire protection level to inside the cabinet or enclosure level. Anything that is mission-critical, such as processes, equipment, remote locations, that is inside a cabinet or enclosure can now have automatic fire detection and suppression inside of it. No power required, can be interfaced with existing equipment, alarm systems and auxiliary controls, and it is very cost-effective!

Todd Lindstrom

Firetrace… Continue

Added by Todd Lindstrom on June 29, 2009 at 22:45 — No Comments

Critical Site Technician Training Needed

The Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE) is developing a Critical Facilities Council with intentions to develop training and certification programs directed toward critical facilities and data center infrastructure technicians. We feel there are sufficient programs with DCJ, AFCOM, IFMA, Uptime and others that do well at educating and equipping designers and site managers but those programs may be too material oriented for the technician level. We want to develop basic training for… Continue

Added by Kenneth A. Agee on June 27, 2009 at 16:29 — No Comments

6 Important Questions To Answer When Considering A Generator For Your Data Center

Knowing when to install a generator into your data center is an important question IT Managers must ask prior to actually building their data center.

With careful planning there are strategies you can implement during the design phase of your data center build that can minimize downtime and effectively deal with unforeseen power outages.

Your data center is the lifeblood of your company. In fact, as we move forward in time, it is my contention that each computer in the… Continue

Added by Michael G Perry on May 9, 2009 at 0:16 — 2 Comments

Citadel100 are attending the Data Centres Europe Conference on April 22nd and 23rd

http://www.datacentres.com/dce/

Added by Michael Meaney on April 16, 2009 at 11:33 — No Comments

Power Efficiency Gains by Deploying 415 VAC Power Distribution in North American Data Centers

New Server Technology White Paper - Power Efficiency Gains by Deploying 415 VAC Power Distribution in North American Data Centers

New White Paper - Efficiency Gains by deploying 415 VAC Power Distribution

As Power densities within the Data Center cabinet continue to rise the industry is experiencinc a rising demand for 415 V products in North America. While 415 V was traditionally once only considered an international solution higher power demands and density are requiring… Continue

Added by Fred W Sutherland on April 15, 2009 at 21:00 — No Comments

The Data Center Professionals Network achieves 500 members!

Business Network for the Data Center Industry…

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Added by DCPNet Admin on April 13, 2009 at 23:18 — 1 Comment

Microsoft Chooses Rittal Liquid Cooling & Enclosure Solutions for Enterprise Engineering Center

http://datacenterjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2685&Itemid=44

Feel free to contact me with any questions about this type of solution, additional info can also be found at: http://www.rittal-corp.com/products/index.cfm?n1ID=5&n2ID=50

Added by Ryan Erskine on April 3, 2009 at 14:00 — No Comments

CITADEL100 announce that they have signed a €6M+Deal with Airtricity to supply Green Electricity to its Next Generation Datacentre

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group , and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, today announced that they have signed a €6M+Deal with Airtricity to supply Green Electricity to its Next Generation Datacentre.

Airtricity, Ireland’s leading renewable energy company, has signed the new contract with CITADEL100 worth in excess of €6 million. Under… Continue

Added by Michael Meaney on March 19, 2009 at 11:00 — No Comments

CITADEL100 announced that they have retained the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Certification in recognition of its management quality systems and processes for a second consecutive year

CITADEL100, a member of the Keppel Group , and one of Europe’s leading and most innovative Datacenter owner and operators specialising in designing, developing and operating 100% availability Next Generation Datacenters, today announced that they have retained the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Certification in recognition of its management quality systems and processes for a second consecutive year. This provides independent validation that CITADEL100’s Quality Management System meets the… Continue

Added by Michael Meaney on March 13, 2009 at 11:00 — No Comments