Vaisala launches scalable environmental monitoring for data centres

Vaisala has launched its Vaisala Indigo Supervisor to simplify environmental monitoring in data centres. It works by shifting from managing individual sensors to managing measurement networks as a unified system.

As data centres scale to support growing AI workloads, environmental monitoring infrastructure must keep pace. Higher computing densities and accelerated construction schedules are increasing the need for environmental measurements throughout data centres, including data halls, technical spaces, support areas and other critical locations.

At the same time, operators have less time for installation, commissioning and maintenance. As measurement networks expand, they need ways to deploy, standardise and maintain environmental monitoring across facilities without adding complexity or slowing project timelines.

Vaisala says that Indigo Supervisor simplifies this process by letting operators manage measurement networks as a unified system of up to 100 measurement points rather than as individual sensors. Its local touchscreen interface can also integrate with a building management system (BMS) through a single standardised connection.

This system-level approach lets operators deploy environmental monitoring consistently across sites, scale it over time, integrate it into building management systems and manage it efficiently throughout its lifecycle.

“AI is accelerating data centre growth at a pace that is changing how supporting infrastructure is deployed, managed and scaled,” said Anu Kätkä, product line manager for HVAC and critical buildings at Vaisala. “When a facility contains dozens or hundreds of measurement points, environmental monitoring can no longer be managed one sensor at a time. Operators need a system-level approach that can be commissioned efficiently, maintained without disrupting operations, and scaled consistently as capacity expands.”

Indigo Supervisor complements Vaisala’s growing data centre range that aims to support the reliable and efficient operation of increasingly dense and rapidly expanding data centre infrastructure.

While designed with the scalability requirements of modern data centres in mind, Vaisala says Indigo Supervisor is also suited to environments where environmental monitoring must be managed efficiently across multiple sensing locations. These include cleanrooms, greenhouses, cold storage facilities, laboratories and industrial process environments.

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