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PALO ALTO, CA -- Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) recently announced a "smart" cooling solution for the design of data centers that it says could dramatically reduce energy use and save enterprise users millions of dollars annually. The solution uses computational fluid dynamics--like that used to improve airplane design--to create a 3D model of temperature distribution throughout a data center. It then recommends strategic placement of computing resources and air conditioning equipment to optimize energy use for cooling.
"By making energy-efficient cooling a part of the overall data center planning process, we believe we can improve space utilization, control real estate expense, assure business continuity, and cut the cost of cooling in major data centers by as much as 25%," says Juergen Rottler, vice president, marketing, strategy and alliances, HP Services.
The solution is part of the HP Utility Data Center, which ...