Server room

Thus, countries with favourable conditions such as Canada,[6] Finland,[7] Sweden,[8] and Switzerland[9] are trying to attract companies to site server rooms there.

In addition to the hazards of exterior walls, designers need to evaluate any potential sources of interference in proximity to the computer room.

These systems control temperature, humidity and particle filtration within tight tolerances 24 hours a day and can be remotely monitored.

This air conditioning configuration is well suited to retro-fitted computer rooms when raised floors are either of inadequate depth or do not exist at all.

This conditioned air is then discharged into the server room via strategically placed floor grilles and onwards to equipment racks.

These systems are well suited to new office buildings where the design can encompass raised floors suitable for ducting to computer racks.

[12] The adoption of liquid cooling technologies has allowed for highly efficient server room designs.

When liquid cooling technologies are applied, server rooms don't rely on energy consuming air conditioning systems any more.

Traditionally, most computer rooms used Halon gas, but this has been shown to be environmentally unfriendly (ozone depleting) and unsafe for humans.

Modern computer rooms use combinations of inert gases such as nitrogen, argon and carbon dioxide.

An essential part of computer room design is future proofing so that new requirements can be accommodated with minimal effort.

[14] The level of desired redundancy is determined by factors such as whether the organisation can tolerate interruption whilst failover systems are activated, or must they be seamless without any business impacts.