For Release:
January 13, 2006
 
Contact: Jodi Dunlop
Public Relations
678-539-1140
jdunlop@ashrae.org
1791 Tullie Circle NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
 
Design Needs of Datacom Facilities Addressed by ASHRAE
 
ATLANTA - An overview of the design needs for data centers and
telecommunication facilities is available in a new publication from the
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers
(ASHRAE).
  "The datacom industry is faced with tough technical challenges such
as high density cooling and the lack of vendor neutral material," said Don
Beaty, chair of ASHRAE's technical committee on mission control facilities,
technology spaces and electronic equipment, which wrote the book.
        Design Considerations for Datacom Equipment Centers provides an
overview of the design needs, such as heat loads, of datacom facilities.
The book is divided into two parts. Datacom Facility Basics includes
chapters on datacom design criteria, HVAC load, computer room cooling,
including both air and liquid cooling, and air distribution. Other
Considerations includes
chapters on ancillary spaces, contamination, acoustical noise emissions,
structural and seismic design and testing, fire detection and suppression,
commissioning, availability and redundancy, and energy efficiency.
        The book is part of the ASHRAE Datacom Series, developed to provide
a more comprehensive treatment of datacom cooling and related subjects.
Other books in the series are ASHRAE's Thermal Guidelines for Data
Processing Environments and Datacom Equipment Power Trends and Cooling
Applications.
        The cost of Design Considerations for Datacom Equipment Centers is
$54 (ASHRAE members, $43).
        To order this or any of the books in the series, contact ASHRAE
Customer Service at 1-800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) or
404-636-8400 (worldwide), fax 404-321-5478, by mail at 1791 Tullie Circle
NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, or visit the ASHRAE.org Bookstore at www.ashrae.org.
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