Data centers have been increasingly important to Illinois, providing thousands of jobs and supplying crucial storage space for scores of companies. Chicago, in fact, ranks third in the country for data center capacity, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Data center capacity has been increasing at a fast rate around the world. But plenty of challenges exist that put into question the sustainability of the boom.
Annual water usage of data centers in the United States will reach 174 billion gallons in 2020, equivalent to the annual drinking water needs of over 600 million people.
Advanced, high-performance data centers are the rage. But what unique challenges do these massive projects face, and how are engineers designing data centers to keep costs down?
While some design elements differ from one hyperscale data center client to another, there are basic elements that are common with most hyperscale clients.
UL Cloud Certification helps mitigate risk for data center owners and operators by providing a set of criteria to increase end-user transparency, provider accountability and proper data center documentation.
