Re: DATACENTER: Cooling and Cost Data for Web Hosting Data Centers

[Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>]

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Ken Woods wrote:

> 1. Why are you using DC?
> Are you building a switch facility, or a colo/web hosting facility?
> Most of "us" are building colo/hosting.  DC is evil.

Ok, Ken you just lost me with that one. DC is NOT evil, sure I build AC
into all of my data centers, but DC works for colo/hosting. In fact if you
need very large amounts of power DC can be wonderful. You can add to it
without a lot of problems, you dont have phasing problems, etc. 
 
> 3. See #1.  .65??  I'd say that was "rough".  I've seen as high as .95.  
> Course, I've also seen as low as .55.  I guess I don't have a point, other
> than to say "thanks" for the formula that I've known, disagreed with, yet
> still used for X years.

I agree, .95 is not that uncommon. 
 

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