Data Center Handbook Plan, Design, Build, and Operations of a Smart Data Center

Written by 59 experts and reviewed by a seasoned technical advisory board, the Data Center Handbook is a thoroughly revised, one-stop resource that clearly explains the fundamentals, advanced technologies, and best practices used in planning, designing, building and operating a mission-critical, energy-efficient, sustainable data center. This handbook, in its second edition, covers anatomy, ecosystem and taxonomy of data centers that enable the Internet of Things and artificial intelligent ecosystems and encompass the following:

SECTION 1: DATA CENTER OVERVIEW AND STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Megatrends, the IoT, artificial intelligence, 5G network, cloud and edge computing
• Strategic planning forces, location plan, and capacity planning
• Green design & construction guidelines and best practices
• Energy demand, conservation, and sustainability strategies
• Data center financial analysis & risk management

SECTION 2: DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGIES

• Software-defined environment
• Computing, storage, network resource management
• Wireless sensor networks in data centers
• ASHRAE data center guidelines
• Data center telecommunication cabling, BICSI and TIA 942
• Rack-level and server-level cooling
• Corrosion and contamination control
• Energy saving technologies and server design
• Microgrid and data centers

SECTION 3: DATA CENTER DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION

• Data center site selection
• Architecture design: rack floor plan and facility layout
• Mechanical design and cooling technologies
• Electrical design and UPS
• Fire protection
• Structural design
• Reliability engineering
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Project management

SECTION 4: DATA CENTER OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGIES

• Benchmarking metrics and assessment
• Data center infrastructure management
• Data center air management
• Disaster recovery and business continuity management

The Data Center Handbook: Plan, Design, Build, and Operations of a Smart Data Center belongs on the bookshelves of any professionals who work in, with, or around a data center.

Hwaiyu Geng P.E. (Palo Alto, California, USA) is the founder and managing director at AmicaResearch.org promoting green planning, designing, building and operating of high-tech projects. He has over four decades of planning, engineering and management experience having worked with Westinghouse, Applied Materials, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Juniper Networks. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences. Mr. Geng, a patent holder, is also the editor/author of the IoT and Data Analytics Handbook, Manufacturing Engineering Handbook (2^nd edition), and Semiconductor Manufacturing Handbook (2^nd edition).

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Chapter 1: Sustainable Data Center Strategic Planning, Design, Construction, and Operations with Emerging Technologies

Chapter 2: Global Data Center Energy Demand and Strategies to Conserve Energy

Chapter 3 Energy and Sustainability in Data Centers

Chapter 4: Data Center Architecture and Infrastructure

Chapter 5 Cloud and Edge Computing

Chapter 6: Financial Analysis, ROI and TCO

Chapter 7: Managing Data Center Risk

Chapter 8: Software Defined Environment

Chapter 9: Computing, Storage, Networking Resource Management in Data Centers

Chapter 10: Wireless Sensor Networks to Improve Energy Efficiency in Data Centers

Chapter 11: ASHRAE Standards & Practices for Data Centers

Chapter 12: Data Center Telecommunications Cabling and TIA Standards

Chapter 13: Air Side Economizer Technologies

Chapter 14: Rack-Level Cooling and Server-Level Cooling

Chapter 15: Corrosion (Contamination) Control for Mission Critical Facilities

Chapter 16: Rack PDU for Green Data Centers

Chapter 17: Fiber Cabling Fundamentals, Installation and Maintenance

Chapter 18: Design of Energy Efficiency IT Equipment

Chapter 19: Energy Saving Technologies of Servers in Data Centers

Chapter 20: Cyber-Security and Data Centers

Chapter 21: Consideration Of Microgrids For Data Centers

Chapter 22: Data Center Site Search and Selection

Chapter 23: Architecture: Data Center Rack Floor Plan and Facility Layout Design

Chapter 24: Mechanical Design in Data Centers

Chapter 25: Data Center Electrical Design

Chapter 26: Electrical: Uninterruptible Power Supply System

Chapter 27: Structural Design in Data Centers: Natural Disaster Resilience

Chapter 28: Fire Protection and Life Safety Design in Data Centers

Chapter 29: Reliability Engineering For Data Centers Infrastructures

Chapter 30: Computational Fluid Dynamics for Data Centers

Chapter 31: Data Center Project Management

Chapter 32: Data Center Benchmark Metrics

Chapter 33: Data Center Infrastructure Management

Chapter 34: Data Center Air Management

Chapter 35: Energy Efficiency Assessment of Data Centers using Measurement and Management Technology

Chapter 36: Drive Data Center Management and Build Better AI with IT Devices as Sensors

Chapter 37: Preparing Data Centers for Natural Disasters and Pandemics

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