This past October 25-26, 2011, Chatsworth Products, Inc. (CPI),
along with a small group of data center professionals from around
the world (including Lithuania, Canada, the Netherlands and
Colombia) hitched our collective wagons in Helena, Montana for the
first-ever United States-based KyotoCooling®
Conference.
A look at the installation of
one KyotoCooling wheel at the Montana facility
In addition to a comprehensive on-site tour of the state-run
data center utilizing the KyotoCooling technology (the first data
center to do so in the United States), guests were treated to two
full days of expert presentations, one-on-one breakout sessions and
Q&A's, and authentic American Northwest evening entertainment -
complete with campfire sing-along's and horse-drawn wagon rides
(more on that in a minute).
For those of you who don't know, KyotoCooling is now one of the
most innovative thermal management techniques in the data center
industry, using an energy recovery wheel air-to-air heat exchange
cooling system that offers energy savings of up to 85% over other
designs. In other words, it works, it works well, and it relatively
pays for itself in the long-run. Plus, the efficient use of outside
air and "free" cooling works wonders for a data center's energy
star ratings and LEED certification bids.
Speaking of free cooling, late October in Helena is about as
good a time as any for those skeptical of KyotoCooling's
effectiveness to see its wheels in motion… literally. When paired
with CPI Passive Cooling®
Solutions at the cabinet level, the State of Montana isolates
exhaust heat within the data center, then routes that hot air
through a set number of KyotoCooling modules just outside the
facility, where it passes through the Kyoto wheel, gets cooled, and
finally, gets sent back in to work its magic all over again. Call
it "the wonders of the wheel," especially when you consider the
Montana facility reports cooling-only PUE's of 1.08!
Of course, even if the circular-minded technology behind
KyotoCooling left a few heads spinning in awe of its remarkable
efficiency, there was still plenty of time for conference attendees
to enjoy a horse-drawn carriage ride (see below), unwind by the
fire, settle in for some homespun musical accompaniment and gaze
out on the stars in the "Big Sky Country" of Montana.
For even more fun photos, check out the entire visual recap
by clicking over
to our official CPI Facebook page.
For more information on pairing CPI and KyotoCooling to your own
data center or equipment room, don't hesitate to contact us
800-834-4969, or, check out yet another KyotoCooling-minded story
here. Jeff Cihocki, eContent
Specialist