The surprising downside to raising DC temperatures

Supplied by Schneider Electric IT Business on Friday, 04 December, 2015


A popular strategy to improve DC efficiency is to raise IT inlet temperatures. This does not always have a positive impact on the data centre overall. Energy consumption of some systems increase while others decrease. To unearth the true effects of temperature, the DC needs to be analysed holistically.

Download this white paper to analyse your facility's temperatures accurately and find that sweet spot for optimum DC operations.


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