How to Build a Procurement-Ready Cooling Plan Before Applying for Data Center Power
The utility application is the wrong place to discover that a 100MW AI campus actually needs 122MW at the meter. Yet this happens when developers apply for power using only the expected IT load. The cooling plant, pumps, fans, CDUs, water-treatment equipment, UPS losses and auxiliary systems are added later, turning the original power request […]
360MW AI Campus Cooling Checklist: What Buyers Should Confirm Before Equipment Procurement
A 360MW headline can hide a 100MW procurement error. Before issuing an RFQ for CDUs, dry coolers, cooling towers, pumps, piping, or control systems, buyers must first determine what “360MW” actually represents. Is it reserved utility capacity, total facility power, designed IT load, contracted capacity, or commissioned load? These numbers are not interchangeable. In June […]