Data Center Edition

See the systems.

Follow the heat, shape a design, or read the numbers behind the headlines. Four interactive explorations put the ideas in your hands.

  1. Cooling

    Follow the Heat

    Trace a rack’s 100 kW of heat to the air outside. Change the cooling and watch the consequences.

    4 min · Trace and adjust
  2. Planning

    The Expansion Brief

    Plan a 2 MW hall. Three decisions reveal the trade between space, water, energy and testing.

    4 min · Decide and compare
  3. Commissioning

    The Green Light

    Three faults. One reassuring screen. Find what it misses.

    6 min · Read and decide
  4. Capacity and load

    Four Kinds of Number

    Separate the size of a plan from the demand on a meter. Six worked examples make capacity, commitments and load easier to compare.

    4 min · Sort and check
About these explorations

The explorations use simplified models and clearly identified worked examples alongside published data. Each includes its sources, assumptions and a written explanation. Explore with a keyboard, a mouse or touch.

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