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

[Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>]

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, W Halls wrote:

> 
> To what specs are people designing web hosting data
> center cooling for ? 30/60/90W/sq foot ?

Depends on the datacenter, but 4000 - 12,000 BTUs a rack depending on the
hardware and how populated they are.
 
> Also, is there a pointer to some benchmark data for
> the construction costs for these data centers ? I have
> seen estimates from 300$/sq foot all the way to
> $1000/sq foot with the variation based mostly on power
> and cooling

No, it can be all over depending on how you build your datacenter.

> What net square foot of raised floor to overall gross
> square foot ratios are people seeing ? i.e how many
> cabinets or racks per square foot ?

Well because of the size of the racks or cabinets, you can't get one in a
square foot. :-)

> Thanks
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