Notes from the Consultant’s Jungle

As a bit of background and at the risk of stating the obvious, let’s quickly review some basics about energy efficiency and the Data Center.  It has been estimated that on average, electricity costs account for over 40% of data center operational expenses.  In 2006, American data centers consumed more electricity than all the televisions [...]

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Earlier this year we talked about 2008 being a breakout year for container data centers.  We’ve also discussed new developments and new product introductions by the container vendors as well as a number of established and emerging use cases.  It would appear though that the launch of container sales has yet to get underway.  In [...]

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The data center consolidation and construction boom of the 21st century is well underway.  As we work with Clients, helping with planning, advice, and project management of these changes foundational to the future performance of their enterprise, we always encounter the discussion of facility Tier Level rating.
The Tier Level rating refers to an industry [...]

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