RAC/PAC
Munters Opens New Data Center Cooling Test Facility
Munters opened its new data center cooling test facility (DCTF) to provide customers with the ability to view Munters Oasis indirect evaporative coolers (IECs) go through their paces over a range of c...
NTT Facilities and Hitachi Appliances Develop PACs for Data
Rack-type PAC System for Data Centers NTT Facilities and Hitachi Appliances have jointly developed a data center air conditioning system that pairs the rack-type packaged air conditioning (PAC)...
Carrier AdvanTE3C CO2 Solution Caters to High Density Data C
Data centers represent one of the fastest growing air conditioning market segments as the digital economy continues to have its influence on around the globe, especially in developing countries, such ...
Booming Demand for Data Centers Accelerates Chinese Electric
The modern data-driven economy has triggered huge demand for data processing and storage as well as communications across a wide range of industries, from Internet and mobile telecoms to health, finan...
Market Review for Data Center Air Conditioners in China
Computer room air conditioners (CRAC) are mainly used in computer and data processing rooms. CRAC are precision air conditioning systems, which means they need to maintain defined, constant and precis...
Air Conditioner Manufacturers Expect Sales Turnaround This Y
After two years of dismal sales, air conditioner manufacturers expect a turnaround in sales this year with temperatures surging as much as 45°C in parts of India. Retailers and firms expect an increase in sales of as much as 20% this year amid prospects of an economic revival. In the past two years, the market has been hit by weak demand, the delayed arrival of summer, rising inflation, inc...
Daikin McQuay Succeeds in Getting AC Contract for Large Proj
Shortly after the first HVAC&R trade show held in Chile, Cencosud awarded the important air conditioning contract to Daikin McQuay for two of the four towers that include the most important buildi...
French Air Conditioner Market in 2012
Recession in the new build sector in France continued to set back the sale of air conditioner equipment destined for industrial and commercial projects, particularly office blocks, in 2012. New projects are also characterized by a shrinkage in plant capacity resulting from the revised regulations on building energy as well as location: in some climatic zones, comfort air conditioning is considered...
Air Conditioning Cuts Mortality Risk in Heat Waves
A study by three academic research centers in the United States analyzed climate and mortality statistics dating from the early 1900s.They found that death rates on days where mean outside temperature exceeded 32oC have fallen by 80% over the last half century. The key influence in this is seen as air conditioning which is now used in over 85% of homes (compared with virtually zero before 1960). O...
Growing Data Center Infrastructure Market
The world is becoming increasingly IT dependent. Yet even in developed countries, there is still ample room for expansion of information technology services in business, government, and society. It is...
