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Avoid Overcooling Your Data Center with DCIM and Environmental Sensors

Paula Alves
March 18, 2014

Worldwide demand for real-time data, applications, and services has led to an unprecedented increase in data center density and energy costs.  While IT equipment accounts for 50% of those energy costs, another 37% is consumed when cooling and circulating air; a figure that amounts to hundreds of millions of dollars per year.