Discussion: Innovations and Roadmap for Cooling

Panelists include: Carl Cotulli, Wright Line; Joerg Desler, Stulz-ATS; Dr. Bob Sullivan, Uptime Institute (Moderator)

Monday, May 17
2:05-2:35 pm, Gibson

What cooling innovations should data center operators expect in the next few years? Some strategies, like hot / cold aisle containment, are easy to adopt and continue to evolve. Others, like outside air cooling, are still considered experimental but hold great promise.

Some have posited that in some ways, the cooling industry has "failed the CIO" in terms of delivering what data centers need. On this panel, cooling solutions providers, data center end-users, and Uptime Institute's "chief skeptic" Dr. Bob Sullivan meet to discuss (and debate!) the cooling options in terms of their costs, efficiency, and contributions to high availability.