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Introducing air-side economizers. Free cooling even in hot and humid locations.
In an era in which there’s growing attention to energy costs, you can dramatically reduce the data center’s energy consumption and costs with air-side economizers – commonly referred to as “free cooling.” That’s why Data Aire is proud to introduce our brand new air-side economizers designed to be incorporated with traditional CRAC units for increased ...
Put us in coach. Plenum fans are your best offense.
“Gentlemen, this is a football.” Legend has it that Vince Lombardi made this statement when first meeting new players at training camp. To me, it means that if you focus on the basics, the more complicated stuff will take care of itself. This idea is especially true when it comes to computer room air conditioning ...
Capturing the “fence sitters” when it comes to selling warranties.
To buy or not to buy, that is the question in your customer’s head. Studies show that 30 percent of purchasers are predisposed to not take out a warranty, another 30 percent will likely buy one if the cost is manageable. The other 40 percent are on the fence. Getting those 40 percenters is a ...
It’s Payback Time or How EC Fans Actually Blow Money into Your Business.
Okay, the above may be a slightly overblown statement but only by a little. Because the payback on EC motor condenser systems vs. PSC motor condenser systems goes way beyond the benefits we documented back in 2009 , including higher energy savings, increased reliability, better pressure control, and reduced noise. Everyone is truly concerned with ...
Precision Cooling 101 – The Basics
Although many of you have been doing this for many years, we felt this blog was a great way to provide a quickie refresher course on the basics of data room cooling needs. This way you can talk to the uninitiated at cocktail parties about what you do for a living. Kidding…but only a little. ...
Give us your feedback. Good, bad or indifferent.
“What is ISO, what does it really do for me, and why do I care?” you ask. Those may be fairly typical questions one might have so here are some very brief answers. Very brief. Honest. The easiest way to think of an ISO system is to understand the 4 basic ISO building blocks. ISO ...
Making the Case for Chilled Water vs. DX Cooling.
In existing buildings you may not think you have a choice regarding CW vs. DX, but read on, what you learn may surprise you. Typically, the decision regarding which cooling source is better for a data center is usually driven by the job site conditions. If a chiller plant is available, that’s the ...
Win more jobs with Specials
(or how to use the Applications Department to beat the competition) Data Aire’s most valuable specialty is our unsurpassed ability to build “specials” or custom features for our products. In fact, over half of the units we build include some type of special. Some are relatively minor, such as adding lights that indicate when ...
A word from Technical Service….
For the service technician, understanding system operation is often intuitive. However, when confronted with something new or different it can become a little confusing and sometimes stressful. And who needs more stress in their life? Nobody. That’s why at Data Aire, we’re happy to offer in-depth service training classes throughout the year. Classes are held ...
Help us help you get it right the first time
While companies may not think of us when they’re building their data centers, we think they should. This is a very dynamic business where there are many players that contribute to Data Aire products being sold and installed as part of an overall system for the owner/end-user: design engineers, sales representatives, general contractors, mechanical contractors ...