On November 6, 2013, over 80 professionals in the data center space gathered in Westford, MA for the last AFCOM New England meeting of the year. The event featured Future Facilites and Upsite Technologies, as well as 2 other sponsors. From Future Facilities, Tom Wu spoke of using predictive DCIM measures and the virtual facility to monitor a site’s availability, capacity, and efficiency both at the design and functioning stages. John Thornell, of Upsite Technologies, […]
Upsite Technologies’ Lars Strong recently contributed his industry perspective on AFM and managing cooling capacity for Data Center Journal. From the article: Introduction Everyone is trying to improve airflow management (AFM) because cooling infrastructure is one of the biggest expenses in a data center. Lowering the cost of cooling through improved AFM is a practical, simple way to reduce operating expenses. Recovering stranded capacity can also enable operators to increase computer-room density. AFM is more than […]
