Topic guide

Operations

Explore publications on data centre operations, maintenance, monitoring and routine technical processes. Review operational guidance in the context of your facility’s equipment, responsibilities and procedures.

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232
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47
Years
2002–2027

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49–72 / 232

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arXiv (University of South Carolina) 2026

Data-Driven Generator Transient Prediction for Digital Twin Decision Support

In data-centre generator load-transfer and retransfer sequencing, size load steps against generator voltage and frequency limits, and split steps whose prediction band crosses a limit into smaller steps.

  • Even at steady load, the low-inertia, governor-controlled generator showed low-frequency oscillations of about 3 V and 0.5 Hz.
Research paperPDF

Building Simulation (Springer Science and Business Media LLC) 2024

Energy performance analysis of multi-chiller cooling systems for data centers concerning progressive loading throughout the lifecycle under typical climates

Calculate cooling plant efficiency from the lifecycle-average COP reflecting progressive IT load ramp rather than the design-point COP (in Beijing 2.9 lower than design).

  • Free-cooling hours at PLR 1 ranged from 5921 h in Ulanqab to only 158 h in Hong Kong.
White paperFree to read

Schneider Electric 2022

Environmental Sustainability Management (ESM) Software for Colocation Data Centers

In the metering plan generator, confirm meters exist to produce the chosen maturity tier's metric set: total facility kWh, IT kWh for PUE, renewable kWh, site water m3 for WUE, reused energy for ERF.

  • Over 40 countries require GHG reporting; a provider's Scope 1 and 2 emissions are a significant source of tenants' Scope 3.
Research paperFree to read

Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)) 2025

Fast 3D Surrogate Modeling for Data Center Thermal Management

Offer a fast-preview thermal mode with a voxel surrogate trained on the tool's own CFD runs: inputs of rack power by segment, CRAH setpoints, fan speeds and vent locations; output a 3D inlet-temperature map in under a second for layout iteration.

  • Surrogate inference took about 100 ms against about 35 minutes for CFD; the abstract states about a 20,000x speed-up.

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