Reasons Data Centers Don’t Raise Their Thermostats

Posted by Dasha Bushmakin on Oct 23, 2013

Reasons Data Centers Don’t Raise Their ThermostatsRaising the thermostat is the single most simple energy saving move a data center can make.

Here are some reasons why not all companies do:

* Colocation data centers have to be all things to all people

* Concern over higher failure rates and performance issues

* Cultural norms and inertia

* Fear, uncertainty, doubt (fud)/ignorance

* Intolerable work environment

* Some HVAC equipment can’t handle higher return air temperatures

* Thermal ride-through time

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