Data Center HVAC Controls Server Room Temperatures

Depending on the size of your company and your computing needs, the room holding this equipment is probably large,  located somewhere in the building that is difficult to get to, and the equipment in it is on 24/7. While the data center is not the room you bring clients to or where you conduct pre-employment interviews, it might be the most important room in your facility. It requires a different level of security and an especially detailed control of temperature, humidity, and air quality. Air Comfort designs data center HVAC to protect the equipment that is housed there. If a data center gets too hot, if it doesn’t remove dust, if it is too dry or too wet, then you run the risk of damaging the equipment, which can lead to failure and downtime. 

This blog explores some of the common design issues we face when designing and installing the vital equipment that will protect your servers and prolong their life.

Temperature and humidity are important for data centers, but what is often overlooked is the quality of the air. Some data centers reside in office environments where the biggest threat is dirt and dead skin, but some are in industrial facilities where other contaminants like drywall dust, ferrous metals, fibers, pollen, and even flammable or toxic material can enter the room and wreak havoc on expensive and delicate server equipment. While a cleaning service is one way to periodically handle the air quality in a data center, a more cost-effective way is to design a system that cleans the air itself.