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Pinocchio's Lie No.1 - I've cost optimized my data center - Read Liam's latest whitepaper

In my second post, I will look at the merits of adding solar to the DC energy mix and the impact of water usage on the TCO.

If I add more measurement points in my DC, I'll know more, won't I?

Relying on complex spreadsheets to make decisions in your DC business? The level of possible errors may surprise you...

When does chasing a low PUE start to cost money instead of saving you money?

Can aircraft manufacturers teach the data center industry a few lessons?

The growing demand for ‘on demand’ services that both exist and that I pay for ‘only when and while’ I need them, will drive us to build the data center of the future as essentially one big computer operated as a system, with…guess what…an operating system.

We've been told we have the 'holy grail' for the data center industry, but where does the term actually come from?

Predicting the future is not easy, some would say impossible, but reduce your time window and the number of variables, and accurate predictions with higher and higher degree of confidence becomes possible.

The days of running data centers using a combination of myth and superstition are gone. Monitoring, metering and instrumentation has arrived in the data center in force but the real question is what more has this stream of data told you?