Reference library

ASHRAE · 2016

IT Equipment Design Impact on Data Center Solutions (ASHRAE Datacom Series Book 13)

Link IT equipment airflow and thermal characteristics in the catalog to facility cooling selection.

• Datacom Series Book 13, product code 90462.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Center of Expertise for Energy Efficiency in Data Centers · 2023

IT Equipment Energy Assessment Tool (IT Efficiency Tool), Version 2.5 (October 2023)

In IT-refresh scenarios, propagate savings through cooling losses, power losses and water (WUE), as the DOE tool suite does.

• Related standard: ISO/IEC 30134-9 (WUE).

Uptime Institute Journal · 2026

IT-agnostic DLC systems: key considerations (Daniel Bizo)

Catalogue DLC loops with coolant type (PG25/DI), filtration rating (default 25 micron) and wetted materials.

• Industry-standard filtration for water DLC networks is 25 microns, usually full-flow at the CDU; side-stream filtration helps in multi-MW networks.

Türk Tesisat Mühendisleri Derneği (TTMD) - TTMD Dergisi · 2025

Achieving Japan's Highest Data-Centre Energy Efficiency (TTMD Turkish translation)

Use this case as a reference point for air-cooled, outside-air-assisted designs (PUE 1.2; MLC 0.117 in zone 3A).

• AI control saves operators about 800 hours per year.

Proceedings of the 7th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation (ACM) · 2020

Kalibre: Knowledge-based Neural Surrogate Model Calibration for Data Center Digital Twins

Include a calibration workflow in the hand-over to operations: import aisle sensor data, mark per-server airflow (and bypass/recirculation) as calibration parameters with priors, and report MAE before and after calibration.

• DOI 10.1145/3408308.3427982; arXiv:2001.10681.

STULZ · 2024

Keeping Emmy Cool - White Paper (STULZ Modular, University of Gottingen hybrid liquid/air cooled HPC data centre)

Model the per-rack heat split (liquid %/air %); it drives both CDU and CRAH sizing.

• 11 racks installed at 96 kW, space for 14.

Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK) · 2025

Kişisel Veri Güvenliği Rehberi (Teknik ve İdari Tedbirler)

When the 'personal data hosted' flag is set, require locked server rooms with access logging, fire and flood protection and segregated backup storage rooms in the layout checklist.

• The guide is dated April 2025 and published as KVKK Publication No. 72.

Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK) · 2017

Kişisel Verilerin Silinmesi, Yok Edilmesi veya Anonim Hale Getirilmesi Hakkında Yönetmelik (Regulation on Deletion, Destruction or Anonymisation of Personal Data)

Implement scheduled purge or anonymisation jobs with a configurable interval not exceeding six months, including backups.

• Resmî Gazete 30224, 28.10.2017.

Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK) · 2025

Guide on Transferring Personal Data Abroad (Kişisel Verilerin Yurt Dışına Aktarılması Rehberi)

Treat any foreign-located support engineer's remote session into a Turkish customer's SoSo CAD instance or DCIM as a transfer and gate it behind a standard-contract check.

• Guide published January 2025 as KVKK Publication No. 48.

Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK) · 2024

Regulation on the Procedures and Principles for the Transfer of Personal Data Abroad (Kişisel Verilerin Yurt Dışına Aktarılmasına İlişkin Usul ve Esaslar Hakkında Yönetmelik)

If SoSo CAD uses foreign sub-processors (cloud, email, monitoring), maintain an unmodified KVKK standard contract for each transfer path.

• Standard contracts are published by the Board and must be used without modification (Article 14(2)-(3)).

Consulting-Specifying Engineer · 2024

Know specific, unique applications of generators in mission critical facilities

Generator catalogue entries need kW/kVA at 0.8 PF plus derating inputs; the tool should auto-derate for site altitude and design ambient.

• Emergency systems require selective coordination (NEC 700.30).

Consulting-Specifying Engineer · 2026

Know the electrical, power components in a data center

Seed facility-type templates with default UPS/generator redundancy and fuel autonomy from Table 1.

• Generators should be loaded to at least 30% to avoid wet stacking.

TMMOB Makina Mühendisleri Odası (MMO) · 2009

Energy efficiency in HVAC systems with dry-cooler free-cooling applications (Kuru Soğutuculu Doğal Soğutma Uygulamaları ile İklimlendirme Sistemlerinde Enerji Verimliliği)

Use the paper's mode thresholds (approach of about 2 C for partial and about 5 C for full free cooling) as defaults in a free-cooling-hours estimator, fed by city bin data for Turkish sites.

• Targets 24/7 loads such as server rooms and data centres.

Uptime Institute Journal (Uptime Institute) · 2021

Learning from the OVHcloud data center fire

Separate UPS and battery rooms with fire-rated barriers.

• NFPA 75 and NFPA 76 are the related standards.

Proceedings of the 22nd International Middleware Conference (ACM) · 2021

Let's Wait Awhile: How Temporal Workload Shifting Can Reduce Carbon Emissions in the Cloud

For carbon and sustainability reporting, use hourly (not annual average) grid carbon-intensity profiles per region.

• Batch jobs make up 60% of processing on large clusters, and more than 40% of these run daily.

Legrand · 2026

Leveraging Intelligent PDUs and Monitoring: Rack Power Solutions for Modern AI Applications

In the rack-power calculator, offer inlet presets (voltage, amps, plug), apply 80 % continuous derating and show kW per feed.

• Saf-D-Grid and RF-203 outlets support 480/277 V operation.

STULZ · 2025

Liquid Cooling - Exponentially increasing power density: At what pace should Liquid Cooling be implemented?

Define rack templates per GPU generation with a default kW and liquid/air split, for example 85/15 at 130 kW and 100/0 at 600 kW.

• 600 kW racks require 100 % liquid cooling.

STULZ · 2025

Liquid Cooling - When performance meets sustainability: the data center cooling challenge

In the CDU selection tool let users trade approach temperature against heat-exchanger area and TCS delta-T, with Cases 1-3 as validation fixtures.

• Case 2: same duty with APT 2 K needs 143.6 m2 (double).

Energy Efficient HPC Working Group · 2013

Liquid Cooling Commissioning: Lessons Learned @LRZ (EE HPC WG session, SC13)

In commissioning checklists the tool generates for liquid-cooled plants, include verification that instrumentation matches manufacturer specifications.

• LRZ runs four loops: warm water 30/36 C, cold water 14/20 C, very cold water 4/10 C, plus a glycol/heating loop.

ASHRAE · 2013

Liquid Cooling Guidelines for Datacom Equipment Centers, 2nd ed. (ASHRAE Datacom Series Book 4)

In the DLC data model, keep facility water (FWS) and technology cooling system (TCS) loops separate, with a CDU as the interface.

• Authored by ASHRAE TC 9.9.

WSP · 2026

Liquid cooling in African data centres: A turning point in efficiency, resilience and future-ready design

For TCS loops, add coolant fields (demineralised water, PG percentage).

Data Center Knowledge · 2026

Liquid Cooling Retrofits: Hard, but Sometimes Worth It (Christopher Tozzi)

Add a retrofit check comparing liquid-cooled rack weight (default up to about 3,000 lb / 1,360 kg) with the raised-floor rating.

• Fully loaded AI racks with liquid cooling can exceed 3,000 lb, which raised floors may not support without reinforcement.