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Delivering many key daytoday services such as our communicaons, energy systems, transport and health services, data centres and largescale server rooms are an integral part of daily life. Ensuring these facilies and their equipment remain connuously operaonal is an absolute priority. One such factor that can aect the smooth operaons of a data centre is extreme adverse weather, which can cause equipment to fail and result in costly downme


Centre Specialist for Aggreko, explores how providing sufficient air conditioning equipment is a key measure to avoiding overheating and insuring downtime. As global temperatures continue to rise and adverse weather conditions become more prevalent, controlling and mitigating the vast amount of heat that data centres produce is a more pressing issue than ever for the sector. With over 175 zettabytes of data predicted to be in existence by 2025, it is even more vital than ever that existing and future data centres have the correct infrastructure in place to ensure heat generated by server racks and IT apparatus is balanced. Cooling systems, both liquid- and air-derived, are available to data centre providers to suit the


F


ollowing news that the 2010s was the hottest decade on record, Nick Osborne, Data


NETWORKING & DATA MANAGEMENT


Helping data centres keep their cool as temperatures rise


requirements of facilities of all sizes and outputs. However, a survey by Science Direct found that 61% of data centres are running at low efficiency, particularly thanks to unsuitable cooling systems. With this in mind, it is vital that data centre providers understand the requirements of their facility and can benefit from the expertise of a specialist to select the best cooling solution.


Extreme heat causes downtime


Climate change is a contentious topic across all industries, not least the data centre sector. With the market predicted to account for a third of global electricity consumption, as well as 3.2% of worldwide carbon emissions by 2025, the growth of the data centre industry threatens further climate change and ensuing effects on weather and temperature. High temperatures and humidity that could become


commonplace in the future are conditions that spell disaster for data centres. Equipment in these facilities produce vast amounts of heat as it stands, and, with elevated temperatures from extreme weather patterns, the risk of overheating becomes higher than ever. The large amounts of heat generated by server racks and IT apparatus have been a long-standing concern for


companies across many industries. With worldwide spending on data centres hitting $93bn in 2019 according to Synergy Research Group, it is no surprise that stakeholders want to prevent downtime and the ensuing costs that come from it. As technological


advancement drives further implementation of innovations, such as Edge


Computing, Artificial Intelligence and IoT, new hardware to satisfy the higher demand of the data centre will produce even larger amounts of heat. Companies investing in advanced technologies to enhance their offering means not only data centre providers will need to construct more facilities, but also will need to more carefully consider how they


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