A client needed to address power and cooling issues with their 5,000 square foot server room. The facility was the single most critical piece of real estate for the global media company. An outage at the facility would mean damage to the brand and complete and instant loss of revenues until services could be restored. Study Phase While FEA did not design the original power and cooling systems, having been working with the client since 1995, we were aware of the data center’

Raising your chilled water supply temperature, while still meeting the cooling demands of your Data Center, can reward you with energy savings by reducing the work of the chiller’s compressor. The compressor after all is the largest user of electrical energy when compared to the pumps and cooling tower fans that make up the rest of the chiller plant. ASHRAE Standard 90.1 2016 includes a requirement for resetting CHWST (chilled water supply temperature). Part 6.5.4.4 of the St