We have recently been working on a project with Byrne Dixon & Associates in the area of Green Data Centre Design and reduction of energy usage in new and existing data centres.

We helped Vincent Byrne from Byrne Dixon & Associates model the data centre (underfloor obstructions, machine types, power usage etc) and then he used the tileflow software package to plan how to create a uniform air-flow throughout the room.

We then supplied and fitted koldloks to cover cable cut-out, supplied and fitted an under floor air barriers to deliver cold air to where it is needed most and supplied and fitted aluminium air-grilles with adjustable dampers to direct exactly the right amount of cold air to create an efficient and uniform air-balance.

This increase in air-conditioning efficiency and a more balanced IT thermal load allowed the client to generate a significant saving on their electricity bill.

Vincent is now working with the client to introduce an Air Economising system which takes advantage of the cold air or “free air” from out-side the building to cool the data centre.

Studies have shown that using free air to cool your data centre can generally generate an approximate energy saving of 25%
Attached is a pdf document which out-lines in a little more detail the modelling system used by Vincent.

If you would like to know more about how we can help you with supplying and fitting Koldloks brush grommets, under floor air barriers and Aluminium Air-Grilles with adjustable dampers as always don’t hesitate to contact us.

Green Data Centre Design & Data Centre Energy Usage Reduction

The Data Centre World Conference is on in Las Vegas between the 25-29 of March, 2007

The conference has been organised by AFCOM and aims to provide a hands-on, educational program to allow data centre managers balance the key responsibilities of their jobs; management, business and technology.

The official website for the conference is Data Center World

Data Clean Europe is delighted to announce that Data Clean President Rich Hill is delivering a talk on “Contamination Related Failures - The Untold Vulnerability”.

The talk will review contamination issues and how they affect operational reliability in data centres.

Mr Hill is no stranger to these educational sessions and regularly holds on-line educational seminars. We have two available for download on our white paper section.

Data Centre Contamination

Data Centre Cooling Solutions

For those for you who cannot make it to Las Vegas, we will try and make as many of the talk available on-line for download.

Don’t forget that the conference for Europe is being held in the Barbican from the 19th to 20th of June 07 the offical website is here Data Centre World - Conference 2007

In a computer room, server room or data centre you need to have an anti-static raised access floor.

There are two main types of anti-static raised access floor finishes, they are High Pressure Laminate (HPL) and the most common type is a Vinyl or Linoleum finished raised access floor tile.

Once all your equipment has been installed it is important that your raised access floor in your data centre is maintained on a regular basis.

A dirty raised access floor creates a barrier which can allow an anti-static charge build up to occur. A static charge build up in your important server room or data centre is a serious issue that needs to be addressed.

A dirty raised access floor also does not give the right impression to your staff, your boss or more importantly your customers.

If you have an existing computer room, server room or data centre that has never been maintained properly do not worry. While the situation is not ideal, we can still clean your anti-static raised access floor and make it look as good as new.

Below are a before an after picture of a single vinyl finished raised access floor tile. The tile is in a high traffic walk way area for about 6 years and had never been cleaned before.

As you can see the difference is amazing!

Feel free to contact us about how we can clean and maintain the raised access floor in your computer room, server room or data centre.

TILE BEFORE CLEANING

TILE AFTER CLEANING