Enterprise within a Colocation PROBLEM A global technology provider occupied about 30,000 sq-ft of floor space within a large colocation. Throughout their time there they had seen their footprint grow very rapidly and the demands of that growth put the colo under serious pressure from a facility standpoint. The colo was built with traditional data center construction methods using a raised floor as a supply air plenum with an open return air plenum. They also used an overhead structural grid to support the remaining middle infrastructure. As the tech company’s footprint grew their rack densities were reaching close to 20kW/rack and the colocation could not increase their cooling system’s CFM to a point where the raised floor supply plenum could provide the necessary cooling capacity t

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