We didn’t make a big fuss when our new website went live and we filled it with lots of interesting relevant content, but thanks to Google, we recently received an enquiry from a someone that searched for ‘server room air conditioning’.
Fortunately, it’s not just something we do, but something we do well and on a grand scale, often working in huge data centres to design and install more efficient cooling systems – chilled water and direct expansion systems.
Like many, this buyer from a large commercial operation that exports globally, decided to use the internet to find a business capable of not just quoting for the new system, but one with the experience to help consult on what would work best and how to future-proof the system.
Out popped our name, in the organic search, which is always pleasing and our own Sales Director, Michael Price was up the motorway to survey the company’s server room.
The cloud might have captured all the headlines, but when a business relies on 3-D design applications, or undertakes a lot of data manipulation, then keeping your servers on-premise makes sense – but as they work harder and you add more, you have to work harder to keep them cool.
Michael was walked around the huge site by the company’s facilities manager, who provided a lot of the detail we need to be able to tailor a system to deliver the right result for current needs, with room for increased capacity in the future.
The modern trend of hot aisle containment sounds odd, but makes a lot of sense. Hot aisle containment increases the effectiveness of data centre cooling. It uses physical barriers to separate the exhausted hot server rack air from the incoming cooled air rising from the floor – we’ll explain soon in more detail in a blog.
Michael’s experience and a few hours with our air-conditioning design system and the quote was on its way. Feedback has been favourable, but Holborn is never a business to count chickens, when looking at eggs.
We’ll keep you posted and explain the project if we are good enough to secure the work, although we still won’t be able to name the client – sorry.
Solving the draughts from your air-conditioning
As a business Holborn Projects, works largely with close control air-conditioning and cooling for large data centres, where the maintenance of a predictable, cool temperature is all that matters. Draughts are largely irrelevant. However, when we work on commercial air conditioning systems, typically keeping office environments a bearable 15-16 degrees in summer, draughts can be…
Server room air-conditioning upgrade on drawing board
We didn’t make a big fuss when our new website went live and we filled it with lots of interesting relevant content, but thanks to Google, we recently received an enquiry from a someone that searched for ‘server room air conditioning’. Fortunately, it’s not just something we do, but something we do well and on…
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Why your office needs air conditioning (part 2)
In our last blog we looked at the law on temperatures for working environments, thermal comfort and the productivity boost offered by an office deemed comfortable for the majority of workers. Now we’ll look in more depth at a few ways the installation of a new heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system will benefit your employees and…
Why your office needs air conditioning (part 1)
The well-being of employees is becoming ever more important as organisations strive for productivity and efficiency improvements, without impacting the work-life balance. The office environment is receiving increasing attention, with care given to seating, lighting, opening hours, access to break-out areas, fruit, water and even happiness managers. But what about the temperature? While installing air…
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Although the British summer has been its usual unpredictable self, it appears we might be in for a sustained hot spell, with Mediterranean temperatures promised in the weeks ahead. It’s great for families on holiday or anyone with access to their own pool, but for workers across the country, it will probably create an uncomfortable office environment,…