Videos

Episode 14 - Chill Off 2 Knuerr CoolTherm

In this episode Dean Nelson interviews Heiko Ebermann, the Global Product Manager of Thermal Systems with Kneurr. Their CoolTherm product is the first to be tested in the chill off 2. It is a contained water cooled rack up to 35kW in 37U.

Released: June 9th, 2009


Episode 13 - Sweden Datacenters

In this On The Road Episode, Dean Nelson talks with Torbjorn Bengtsson from the Invest in Stockholm group and Tomas Sokolnicki, from the Invest in Sweden Agency (ISA). They discuss why Sweden is such a compelling location to locate datacenters. 100% green power, free cooling more than 8 months of the year, network concentration point and some of the cheapest power in Europe.

Released: May 1st, 2009


Episode 12 - Website Updates

In this on the road episode in San Diego, Dean Nelson introduces and talks with Data Center Pulse board member and website architect Jeff Tepfer. Jeff provides details of the upcoming changes to the site and what users can expect.

Released: April 28th, 2009


Episode 11 - White Mountain, Fit For A James Bond Villain!

This is the first edition of Data Center Pulse, On The Road. In this episode, Jon Karlung, CEO of Bahnhof, a local teclo gives Dean Nelson a tour of his Pionen, White Mountain datacenter in downtown Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in a bunker 30 meters under solid bedrock. It was a cold war bunker that was converted into this datacenter and is said to be able to withstand a Hydrogen bomb blast. It is very unique and reminds me of a James Bond movie! And that is what Jon was going for.

Released: April 16th, 2009


Episode 10 - Chill Off Test Bed

In this episode Brian Day and Mike Ryan step us through the testing environment for the Chill Off. This will be the location for all 12 of the 13 different cooling technology tests for the Chill Off. Numerous companies have donated design, parts and installation services to get this environment together, including Sun Microsystems, Redwood City Electric, SynapSense, Western Allied, California Hydronics Corp, Norman S Wright Mechanical Equipment Corporation, F Rogers insulation & Specialist Contractors, and Liebert Corp.

Released: April 10th, 2009