ASHRAE LUNCHEON MEETING
Monday, February 18, 2013
11:30AM Registration
11:45 Program

Cost: $20 Local ASHRAE Member, $25 Non-Local Members

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Presentation Title:

Case Studies: Implementing ASHRAE’s Allowable Ranges in Data Centers

Presentation Abstract:

Prior to the first release of ASHRAE’s groundbreaking Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments publication in 2004, the data center designs were high cost and high PUE.  The publication was the first truly vendor neutral consensus on data center design parameters having been established by the collaborative efforts of the major IT OEMs, and the data center facilities design and operations industry within ASHRAE TC9.9’s membership.

Since that first publication, ASHRAE has released two major updates to those design parameters in response to the industry call for increased energy efficiency / lower PUEs.  In 2011, the IT OEMs from ASHRAE TC9.9 once again delivered first of a kind data on higher Allowable Environmental temperature and humidity ranges and the relative failure rates of IT equipment at higher temperatures.

DLB Associates has designed a combined 4GW of data center critical capacity including eight Google data center campuses and have extensive experience in the full spectrum of data center designs from the traditional to bleeding edge innovative.  This session will present case studies looking at the impact on capital, performance, and operational characteristics of data centers with varying implementations of the latest ASHRAE guidelines.

Speaker BIO:

ASHRAE Technical Committee (TC) 9.9 was co-founded by DLB President Don Beaty (along with IBM Fellow / Chief Thermal Architect Roger Schmidt) in 2003.

Its mission: To be recognized by ALL areas of the datacom industry as the unbiased engineering leader in HVAC and an effective provider of technical information for the datacom industry.

TC 9.9 Mission Critical Facilities, Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment is concerned with the design, operations, maintenance, and efficient energy usage of modern data centers and technology spaces.

The committee is comprised of a wide range of industry representatives including, but not limited to equipment manufacturers, consulting engineers, data center operators, academia, testing laboratories, and government, who are all committed to increasing and sharing the body of knowledge related to data centers.

Don Beaty was Chair of TC 9.9 from its inception through June 2006. During this time, Don dedicated his efforts on educating the industry and exposing the work of TC 9.9 in order to solidify ASHRAE’s reputation of being THE unbiased, vendor-neutral source of data center cooling material: a focus that has resulted in Don publishing over 50 technical papers and articles.

Don currently serves as Publications Chair for TC 9.9. Previously, Don was with ASHRAE TC 90.1 (energy standards committee) from 1993 to the present serving in various roles, including Vice-Chair.

Don is an ASHRAE Fellow and the 2012 recipient of the ASHRAE George B. Hightower Technical Achievement Award in recognition for his TC 9.9 leadership and contribution. He has served in leadership positions on ASHRAE committees on energy and CRAC unit performance, is a major contributor to over 10 data center books, and was the first chair of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC 9.9 and currently serves as its Publications Chair.

Don Beaty founded DLB Associates over 30 years ago and continues to guide the firm through his strategic vision and holistic approach to problem solving.  A licensed engineer in over 40 states, Don has always sought to challenge convention and redefine the design and construction industry to overcome the traditional barriers and enable groundbreaking progress.

He is also a frequent keynote speaker for the data center industry, having presented over 100 times and in more than 25 countries on various data center-centric topics. In addition to the title of ASHRAE Fellow, Don was heralded by DatacenterDynamics for his “Outstanding Contribution to the Data Center Industry” in 2007.

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