Description: Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers interested in design of sustainable electronic data processing centers. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. OVERVIEW OF FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS, 3. CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DESIGN OR RETROFIT OF A DATA CENTER, 4. COMPUTATIONAL FLUID‐DYNAMICS MODELING: OPTIMIZING FACILITY‐DESIGN PARAMETERS, 5. FACILITY DESIGN ASPECTS, 6. GUIDELINES FOR EQUIPMENT OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS, 7. AIRFLOW DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT, 8. HOT-AISLE/COLD-AISLE RACK ARRANGEMENT.
