In-Row Cooling

Cooling a Datacenter optimally is the hot topic in the industry, pun unintended. The challenge lies in cooling the datacenter without affecting the operating temperatures of the contained equipment. After going through various approaches like perimeter cooling and using general air conditioners, data centers have now adopted the in-row cooling technique. Generally, the Computer Room Air Conditioner (CRAC) is built to cool the air within a building. But this approach has its limits. It works wonderfully for a small premise. But when it comes to an entire building, the CRAC has to fight against gravity to replace warm air with cold air. Imagine, having to lift many square feet of cold air to replace with hot air. That takes a lot of electric power, not to mention the additional risk of the mixing of cold air and hot air, which defeats the purpose of cooling. What is In-Row Cooling? In perimeter cooling  or room-based cooling, there are cooling devices installed around the p...