Facilities Design

09 Aug 2021
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Cooling, Data Center News, Data Centers, Design, Energy Efficient Data Centers, Facilities Design

Join GRC, Dell, Intel, Vertiv and Mission Critical magazine for a look at this important technology

This August will hold the first annual Data Center Liquid Cooling Awareness month, designated by Green Revolution Cooling (GRC). With the summertime heat causing Data Center managers to increase efforts to keep their operations cool, GRC wanted to dedicate a whole month to these efforts. GRC, along with Dell, Intel, Vertiv and Mission Critical magazine, will help educate the Data Center community by providing educational...

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16 Jul 2021
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Centers, Design, Facilities Design, Modular Data Center

The Advantage of Geo Diversity in Data Center Location

The number of users consuming huge amounts of data online every day is almost inconceivable to imagine. And this demand for data is only growing. We have Data Centers to thank for allowing the incredible amount of interactions that are made online daily. Data Centers provide faster internet speeds and facilitate human connections across the globe. However, when a Data Center is not in an...

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21 Jan 2021
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Center News, Data Centers, Design, Edge Data Center, Facilities Design

Digital Infrastructure Trends in 2021

The pandemic had a large impact on critical infrastructure providers and revealed the importance of digital across a wide range of industries and activities. With that in the background, the team from the Uptime Institute provided their thoughts about current developments in mission critical digital infrastructure, including five trends to be on the lookout for 2021: Accountability, Smarter Data Centers, Edge Computing, Sustainability and Innovation. Accountability As...

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24 Nov 2020
Posted byDSI
CategoryBackup Power, Blog, Data Center Services, Data Center Upgrade, Data Centers, Design, Facilities Design, Monitoring, Power Quality

Preventable Data Center Power Outages

Data Center Managers live in fear of power outages, and rightly so. With the growing interdependency of IT and business to meet the real-time needs of customers, any unplanned downtime from power loss can be disastrous to business continuity, reputation and budget. In its 2020 survey results, Uptime Institute notes that 75% of Data Center owners reported that significant downtime events were preventable. The single biggest cause of Data...

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20 Dec 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Centers, Design, Facilities Design

Happy Holidays from Data Specialties Inc.

We would like to wish all of our customers and partners Happy Holidays and a prosperous New Year! Throughout 2019, DSI has been working to provide valuable information to our mission critical ecosystem by analyzing new trends and keeping abreast of new technologies with the goal of guiding our clients on new trends and providing tips to maintain and strengthen the operational integrity of their mission...

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15 Nov 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Cabling, Data Centers, Facilities Design

Power Cable Management: The Foundation of Any Functioning Data Center

Earlier this month, DSI’s Business Administrator, Jon McSweeny, published a thought leadership piece for Facility Executive discussing the importance of proper Data Center cable management. In the piece, Jon discusses how cables are the foundation of every Data Center and how important it is for a Data Center’s operational integrity. Additionally, proper cable management helps avoid needless headaches that chew up valuable time and resources for...

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01 Nov 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Centers, Facilities Design

Surviving the PG&E Power Outages

Over the last few weeks, California has been ravaged by wildfires, and PG&E has stuck to its promise to selectively shut off power to help reduce the start and spread of wildfires. For the mission critical industry, this revelation is troubling. In fact, just last week it was reported that the NERSC's Cori supercomputer shut down due to PG&E's power cut. "The National Energy Research Scientific...

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17 Oct 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Data Centers, Design, Facilities Design, Modular Data Center

The True Cost of Data Center Over-Provisioning

Earlier this week, Future Facilities released some interesting findings based on a study they recently commissioned. The bottom line: there is a lack of Data Center capacity planning, and, in many cases, organizations are not prepared to meet the growing challenges that IT and Facilities face from increased rack densities and other factors. The study indicates that 85% of those surveyed have experienced downtime or outages...

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11 Oct 2019
Posted byDSI
CategoryBlog, Facilities Design, News

Electric Vehicle Sales Are on the Rise – Is Your Business Prepared?

As pointed out in an article in FacilitiesNet e-newsletter, Take Charge of EV Infrastructure, electric vehicle adoption is expected to grow exponentially in the US over the next couple of years. In order to preserve the environment on behalf of both the organization and its employees, Facilities Managers are being asked to provide Electric Vehicle Charging (EVC) stations on site. Data Specialties can handle every aspect...

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