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The size of servers
and routing devices has been shrinking, but power use and heat
generation have soared, leaving building systems scaled to support
rooms full of equipment straining to handle data centers that
are now mostly empty space.
Addressing
the problem, RTKL, a Baltimore, Md.-based architectural and
engineering firm, has patented the Tower of Cool, an equipment
rack that delivers chilled air to devices inside the cabinets
and vents heated air back to the data room's air conditioning
unit. Professed savings include a 14% reduction in cooling
costs, a 6 to 10% drop in energy consumption and a 50% reduction
in the number of AC units required.
RTKL's manufacturing partner is
APW-WriteLine, Worcester Mass. Information is at www.wrightline.com.
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