FORSYTHE DATA CENTERS , INC .
best of the best ,” Harris says . “ And ensure that we didn ’ t make mistakes other providers had made .”
Forsythe offers private suites in a handful of sizes and configurations — from 300 to 4,000 square feet of contiguous space and 50kw to 1.5MW of power . However , a customer ’ s options for cooling increase significantly once certain dimensions are exceeded . “ When you get to 1000 square feet , your private , dedicated , hard wall suite also comes with your own power and cooling that is dedicated just to you ,” Harris says . “ You control your humidity set points and you control your temperature set points . “ You ’ re helping to manage the environment of your data center and hopefully manage it in the most efficient way possible . We will help the client do that , as well , in order to make sure that the electric bill portion of their rent is as low as possible .”
Forsythe ’ s Elk Grove facility has achieved low Power Usage Effectiveness ( PUE ) scores , indicating high levels of energy efficiency . Carlson credits the efficiency of the building to the company ’ s partnership with Emerson Network Power , a provider of critical infrastructure for data centers , communications networks and industrial facilities .
“ We had PUEs as low as 1.27 and a lot of that is due , quite frankly , to the power and cooling equipment that we procured from Emerson , both from the UPS ( uninterruptable power supply ) standpoint and from a critical standpoint ,” says Carlson . “ We
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