Abstract—This paper studied the thermal management strategies for a small-scale data center with a combination of three hot and cold aisle layouts and air inlet and outlet designs. Hot Aisle/Cold Aisle Containment - Configuration How does containment save energy? There is excess of cold supply air. Abstract Data centers are power- and cooling-intensive facilities where even minor inefficiencies can translate into significant energy and operational costs. The cold aisles are physically enclosed with doors and a roof or panels. Cool air from the raised floor (or overhead ducts) is contained in this aisle. Servers pull in air at consistent, low. The choice of hot-aisle containment over cold-aisle containment can save 43% in annual cooling system energy cost, corre-sponding to a 15% reduction in annualized PUE. Founded in 2008, Polargy has been.
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