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Assembled here are the latest papers, videos, and content about energy trends in the data center market.

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Cold Aisle Containment Overview
A short overview slide set of hot aisle and cold aisle containment.
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California Case Study #1
A 3.7 month ROI on a typical Cold Aisle Containment project. PG&E validated a $30K annual savings for this 1600 square foot data center and paid an incentive rebate of 50% of the project cost.
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ROI Case Study #2
A Return on Investment analysis of a Polargy project for a 100,000 square foot data center.
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Green Cooling - Sustainable Design Approaches for Data Centers
This is a great slide set presented at the AFCOM event in March 2009. It covers a variety of cooling measures available for saving energy including hot aisle containment.
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Containment Demonstration Study by PG&E and LBNL
This study has tremendous details on each category of cooling savings, from raising the set points to chill water plant pump energy. It's a big paper, 84 pages, and ideal for someone who seeks a very technical analysis.