Data centers face major costs for cooling based on running increased workloads and hardware thermal requirements. Data centers have traditionally used air conditioning to cool infrastructure and solve server heat issues. Cooling technologies of the High Performance Computing (HPC) sector are moving into the enterprise sector. Direct Liquid Cooled (DLC) systems are increasingly being used in data centers to meet the cooling demands of the modern data center. Both traditional air conditioning and DLC are needed to meet data center cooling needs. Organizations need to consider Capital Expenditures (CAPEX) and Operating Expense (OPEX) to determine when to use air conditioning, a DLC solution, or a hybrid solution in their data center. This paper provides an overview of both air conditioning solutions from STULZ and DLC solutions from CoolIT to help determine when each solution is appropriate.
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