DATA CENTER RETROFIT Heat Containment and Airflow Management

摘要

A an existing 50,000 ft~2 (4645 m~2) raised floor data center, with 5,000 kW of information and communication technology (ICT) equipment load capacity, needed to be expanded in 2004 to accommodate an additional 3,000 kW of high-density load. The existing data center floor, designed in 2000, used state-of-the-art alternating hot and cold aisles layout1 with an average rack load of 4 kW. The additional space needed to serve higher density racks of up to 16 kW per rack with an average density of 8 kW per rack.