ABSTRACT
The data center can be in a facility by itself or in a facility containing other functions or organizations. Data centers have heating, ventilating, and air conditioning, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air conditioning, backup power, boilers, generators, lights, servers, and other equipment. Data centers use around 2% of energy consumed in the US yearly. The key definitions that apply to a data center are: The data center uses a lot of energy. Energy center maintenance is a natural tool to use to decrease energy consumption while ensuring that data center operations is productive and safe from the dangerous items that can quickly bring a data center to a halt. Many data centers have been setting temperatures much lower, as low as 55°F. By raising the temperature by even 1°, data centers can achieve energy savings. The lower the number, the larger percentage of the total power furnished to the facility is used by the data center operations.
