data center cooling is a hot issue and we've talked a bit about it before here on coolingzone.  and frankly many approaches are being tried today but one new approach is the use of pressurized air.  this new approach is not only efficient at cooling, it can:

"cut the energy use by up to 50 percent. but the even bigger savings is that the configuration of smi’s data centers can cut capital costs by up to 40 percent. because smi has also cut down on the equipment needed overall in the data center, venne said they could also cut the construction time by up to 25 percent."

these are amazing figures and worth considering when your next thermal management project is a data center.  read the full article at greentech enterprise by clicking more below or this link, rethinking data center cooling for serious savings

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