Construction Magazine February 2020 | Page 20

ALIGNED
20 cooling . When Aligned started in 2013 , our goal was to drive a more sustainable approach to providing a physical structure in a number of ways . Today , we match 100 % of our IT load with renewable energy sources .”
Aligned saw that with traditional cooling systems , faults would occur and this became the driving force behind the push for future-proofing . “ With our Delta Cube arrays , we ’ re able to start off with a customer at a low density , which today averages about five to 10 kW per rack . However , the way that our mechanical structure is deployed enables that customer to then scale up , or in place , without having to maneuver or adjust their infrastructure . They then typically scale to anywhere from the 10kW up to 50 kW a rack . We can incrementally add capacity quickly , and our customers never have to worry about looking for a new space . We call this capability Expand on Demand .”
At the core of Aligned ’ s bespoke approach is its proprietary cooling technology – Delta CubeTM and CACTUS ®. “ It could not be any more flexible ,” confirms Coleman . “ For higher
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