New! Designing and Operating Data Centers for the Era of AI
Course Length: 3 hours
Artificial intelligence is impacting the hardware and software ecosystem, driving significant changes that put data centers at a risk of becoming inadequate to handle the new requirements. The rapid pace of innovation is increasing the difficulty in planning for future hardware needs without over investment or premature obsolescence. To achieve maximum performance while reducing energy consumption, data centers must be designed and operated by professionals whose knowledge evolves as quickly. Today’s data center environments have an infinite number of combinations, increasing the risk of overgeneralizing by designers and operators. Demand for IT services that are lower cost, more energy-efficient, provide more storage, and offer more computing capabilities is resulting in continued, significant changes in hardware and as a result its operating conditions. This is leading to the need for more mixed-use environments, combining general performance computing and high-performance computing. This ASHRAE course examines data center best practices by focusing on ASHRAE’s evolving thermal guidelines for data processing environments, including the latest guidance around liquid cooling. While there are opportunities to save energy in data centers, understanding of equipment trends, performance measurements, and effectiveness are critical to the principal objective: Data integrity and facility uptime.
Recommended Reference:
ASHRAE TC 9.9 Datacom Encyclopedia
Course Instructor:
Dustin W. Demetriou, Ph.D., Member ASHRAE
How Can I Register for This Course?
2027 Winter Conference | Chicago, IL
Sunday, January 24, 2027
1:30 pm – 4:30 am CST
$269 ($199 ASHRAE Member)