Case Study: The Cooling System Was Running — But the Data Hall Was Still Overheating
OverviewData center cooling systems are often designed with redundant cooling units, pumps, and power supplies.
Cooling and Environmental ControlArticles / Knowledge Base
Articles / Knowledge Base
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Best Practices for Data Center Network Rooms, Meet-Me Rooms, and Telecommunications Distribution Infrastructure
IntroductionThe telecommunications and network infrastructure of a data center is one of the facility’s most important availability systems.
Networking and Telecommunications
Data Centre Fundamentals: How Critical Infrastructure Supports Digital Services
Comprehensive long-form Data Centre Fundamentals training article covering integrated critical infrastructure, resilience, power, cooling, operations, commissioning and lifecycle management.
Data Centre Fundamentals
Data Centre Electrical Fundamentals: From Utility Power to the IT Equipment
Comprehensive long-form Data Centre Fundamentals training article covering integrated critical infrastructure, resilience, power, cooling, operations, commissioning and lifecycle management.
Data Centre Fundamentals
Environmental Control in Data Centers: Temperature, Humidity, Dew Point and Sensor Strategy
A practical guide to environmental control for data centers, explaining temperature, humidity and dew point at IT inlets, ASHRAE equipment classes, sensor placement, alarm thresholds, trends and change control.
Cooling and Environmental Control
Designing UPS Battery Autonomy: Runtime, Capacity, End-of-Life Margin and Real Load
UPS battery autonomy is often specified as a number of minutes, but reliable sizing begins by defining what those minutes must achieve. In a generator-backed data center, the battery is part of a continuity sequence involving source loss, UPS.
Batteries and Energy Storage
Third-Party Security and Compliance in Data Centers: Managing Vendors, Contractors and Service Providers
A practical guide to third-party security for data centers, covering due diligence, contracts, remote and physical access, privileged support, evidence, monitoring, offboarding and supplier risk reviews.
Security and Compliance
Health and Safety Management in Data Centers: Building a Critical-Facility Safety System
Extended educational engineering article covering occupational health and safety management across electrical, mechanical, fire, construction and operational activities, with practical controls, lifecycle considerations and reference-based guidance.
Health, Safety and Environment
Electrical Safety in Data Centers: Switching, Isolation, Arc-Flash Risk and Safe Work
Extended educational engineering article covering electrical safety for energized infrastructure, isolation, switching, verification and maintenance, with practical controls, lifecycle considerations and reference-based guidance.
Health, Safety and Environment
Permit to Work and LOTO in Data Centers: Controlling High-Risk Maintenance
Extended educational engineering article covering permit-to-work, energy isolation, lockout/tagout, simultaneous operations and safe restoration, with practical controls, lifecycle considerations and reference-based guidance.
Health, Safety and Environment
Fire, Battery and Chemical Safety in Data Centers: Managing Specialized Hazards
Extended educational engineering article covering fire protection interfaces, battery hazards, fuels, refrigerants, cleaning chemicals and emergency response, with practical controls, lifecycle considerations and reference-based guidance.
Health, Safety and Environment
Environmental Management for Data Centers: Energy, Water, Waste, Noise and Pollution Control
Extended educational engineering article covering environmental management covering energy, water, emissions, waste, noise, spills and lifecycle controls, with practical controls, lifecycle considerations and reference-based guidance.
Health, Safety and Environment
Data Center UPS and Power Systems: The Backbone of Continuous Digital Operations
Every digital service we use today—whether online banking, cloud computing, healthcare systems, artificial intelligence, or government platforms—depends on one critical factor: continuous electrical power.Even the most advanced servers, storage systems, and network equipment...
UPS Systems
Understanding the PT Slab in Data Centers: More Than Just a Thick Concrete Floor
When discussing data center construction, engineers often refer to the PT (Post-Tensioned) Slab. Many people assume it simply means a thicker concrete floor. In reality, a PT slab is one of the most critical structural elements in a mission-critical facility.
Data Centre Design and Resilience
The Greatest Leadership Skill Isn't Speaking... It's Listening
Throughout my years of managing projects and leading teams, I've learned that many problems don't begin with a lack of expertise or limited resources.
Human Factors and Organisational Culture
Data Center UPS Operating Modes: Double-Conversion, Bypass, ECO and Maintenance Bypass
A practical guide to the operating modes of large data center UPS systems, explaining normal double-conversion operation, static bypass, ECO modes, battery operation and maintenance bypass, with emphasis on risk, transfer behavior and operational control.
UPS Systems