Data Centers: Retrofit or Replace? Industry leaders provide insight Data center retrofits are generally more affordable, but you may need to replace it if it’s so near capacity that upgrading jeopardizes availability. Is your data center approaching capacity? Or are you searching for cost savings? Greater efficiency is the answer to both questions – but when is a replacement better than a retrofit? Below, Emerson Network Power and Schneider Electric offer tips on how to tell the difference. WHEN TO RETROFIT If…
Coy Stine is Director of Data Center Services for Bluestone Energy Services, a national design/build engineering firm focused on the cost effective reduction of energy use. COY STINE Bluestone Energy In these uncertain financial times, reducing data center operating costs has become a top corporate priority. Unfortunately, limited budgets often preclude efficiency initiatives that have high initial costs. An increasingly popular alternative approach involves leveraging technologies that improve the energy efficiency of existing equipment…
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