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Dec 5, 2024 | 
techuk.org | Mark Fenton
Guest blog by Mark Fenton, Product Engineering Director, Cadence Design Systems. The data centre industry is rapidly moving towards high-density computing. With this shift comes increased scrutiny and legislation around energy use and sustainability, as well as rising competition for available power. Running an efficient data center is becoming a necessity rather than a luxury.
Commonly, air supply temperature is increased to reduce the energy required for cooling.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
community.cadence.com | Mark Fenton
18 Nov 2024 • 3 minute read The data center industry is rapidly moving towards a future of high-density computing. This shift is accompanied by increased scrutiny and legislation around energy use and sustainability, as well as rising competition for available power. Running a data center as efficiently as possible is becoming less of a luxury and more of a necessity.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
uktech.news | Mark Fenton
The move by the UK government to class data centres as critical infrastructure—at a time when pushback on construction and ongoing investment is happening in equal measure—cannot have come soon enough. If the past few months have taught us anything, it’s that how we address the problem of cybersecurity will play a pivotal role in shaping our lives and economic outlook.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
community.cadence.com | Mark Fenton
11 Jul 2024 • 2 minute readWhen you think of the different parts that make up a data center, does the external environment come to mind? While it may not be your number one priority, the external environment can have an enormous impact on your data center’s performance, especially when it comes to your cooling system.
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
community.cadence.com | Mark Fenton
27 Jun 2024 • 3 minute readFlow network simulation is used to create simplified network models of piping/duct and flow devices that connect and extend beyond the white space of the data center. Our data center software suite includes flow network simulation to support the design and management of data center flow networks. This blog details the main benefits of our data center software’s flow network functionality and a few of its key features we think our readers will find useful.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
datacenterfrontier.com | Mark Fenton
The data center industry is gearing up for the perfect storm: extreme high-density racks, lack of available space and power for new data centers, extreme competition for leasing new space, increasing governmental regulations on energy, water, and carbon usage, and community concerns regarding the build of new data centers. How do we even begin to tackle these intersecting pain points?
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
community.cadence.com | Mark Fenton
18 Apr 2024 • 3 minute readWe’ve been hinting at it for a while now, and it’s finally here. We’re excited to announce Cadence Reality DC 2024.1 is now available! This is our smartest release yet. This blog covers the important highlights regarding AI and automation we don’t want any of our customers to miss. As always, if one of these new features stands out to you and you have further questions, please let our support team know.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
community.cadence.com | Mark Fenton
22 Feb 2024 • 3 minute readData networks—systems that use transmission lines, data switching, and system controls to transfer data between different access points—are at the heart of data center operations. To make it easier to manage more aspects of data center operations under one platform, our data center software suite includes mapping functionality for the design and management of data center network assets and data connectivity.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
datacentrereview.com | Mark Fenton
Mark Fenton, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Cadence, explores how data centre managers can run their facilities at hotter temperatures to reserve energy supplies and save on both running costs and the planet. Historically, controlling risk was the primary focus for data centre managers. To keep risk at a minimum, cooling would be over-provisioned. But with the on-set of the energy crisis and as cost became a prohibitive factor, this began to change.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
digitalisationworld.com | Mark Fenton
Modern data center operations extend beyond merely ensuring IT functions run smoothly. Today, data center operators face the growing challenge of optimizing their facilities for maximum efficiency. While the term "efficiency" is a recurring theme in the data center industry, its interpretation can vary. Is efficiency about conserving energy use, cost reduction, water conservation, carbon emissions or something else entirely? Each person you ask may give you a different answer.
