High energy costs and spiking datacenter energy consumption rates have forced datacenter professionals to rethink their cooling strategies.

In addition, increasing rack densities and the deployment of blade servers create more heat per unit. As a result, hot spots that adversely affect system performance are likely to occur.

Although traditional approaches (i.e. perimeter cooling through a raised floor plenum) are still prevalent, Thermal Containment Systems solutions are making significant inroads. According to Mission Critical Magazine (Fall 2007), the separation of hot and cold air is one of the most promising energy-efficiency measures available to new and legacy datacenters today.

BlueSun can design and deploy Thermal Containment Systems solutions for high density environments, so as to maximize in-row cooling predictability, capacity, and efficiency. Thermal Containment Systems ensure proper air distribution by completely separating supply and return air paths within equipment rooms, which eventually become large, cool supply air plenums, eliminating the need of raised floor or ducting.