Cold aisle containment, airflow efficiency continue to pay off Background: Williams-Sonoma's 20,000 sq. ft. data center in Rocklin, Calif. was not meeting cooling requirements with six running CRAC units. The raised-floor facility already had three 20-ton CRAC units and three 30-ton CRAC units in use. Unless the company found a way to improve cooling efficiency, they would have to install yet another 30-ton unit to sufficiently cool their data center. Goals: Williams-Sonoma turned to Instor to improve cooling efficiency by developing custom cold aisle containment and airflow efficiency solutions. The data center also wanted to better manage power using a monitoring and management system for the facility. Solutions: Instor began by containing 12 pods with SealTech's clear Seid

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