Organizations open to hotter data centers

Data-center professionals are increasingly realizing that turning up the thermostat in the data center will not cause harm to computers. On the other hand, up to 50 percent reduction in energy can be saved simply by "changing the set point from 68 to 80 degrees," Jim Simonelli, the chief technical officer at APC, tells Network World.

The fact is that the equipment typically used in a data center is often certified to run in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. And if anyone should know this, it would be search giant Google, who runs some of the largest data centers around the world. To this end, Google published data several years ago showing how even temperatures in excess of 100 degrees showed no apparent harm to them.

If anything, the economic realities of the current recession--as well as a greater environmental consciousness--will fuel the needed thermostat adjustment.

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