Comments on: CIX Data Centre Raised floor

By: Fintan Costello

Fintan Costello — Sat, 19 May 2007 16:32:11 +0000

Out of curiosity, what raised access floor system did you chose?

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Fri, 11 May 2007 09:25:19 +0000

Stephen,

thanks for the question. To answer your question properly I have written a separate post addressing it for two reasons:
1. I wanted to give you a comprehensive response and a comment is too short to meet that need and
2. You raised a point that I think many people might be interested in. They will have a better chance of seeing the response in a separate post than a comment here.

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By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 09 May 2007 08:19:50 +0000

Hi Tom,

Would in-row cooling not be more ‘modern’ an approach – underfloor will limit you to not much more than 5KW per cab?

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:58:37 +0000

Tom – as I said the reason for the height is to reduce obstructions on airflow – the freer the airflow, the more efficient the cooling becomes.

David, I’ll be delighted to give you a tour whenever you come to Cork.

By: David Doran

David Doran — Tue, 08 May 2007 19:07:24 +0000

Looks like development is progressing very fast.
It is so unusual to see such an intimate insight into datacentre construction, I’ll have to get a tour if I’m ever in Cork

By: Tom Napierala

Tom Napierala — Tue, 08 May 2007 18:25:31 +0000

I’m really surprised it’s so high, I’ve never seen data center with so high floor (but to be honest I’ve only seen those built 4-5 years ago)