Data center digital twins are transforming data center design from assumption-based planning to physics-backed simulation—well before the first rack is deployed. By combining physics simulations with ...

It consumes immense power but offers solutions through automated hardware design and optimized infrastructure workflows.

Editor's Note: This article features interactive listening modules that can be accessed in the original post here. The abundance of the digital age has brought with it a tremendous need for physical ...

Data centers are under more pressure than ever. Surging AI workloads, rising energy consumption, and increasingly complex cooling and power systems are pushing traditional DCIM (Data Center ...

In this QuickChat, Rehana Begg, editor in chief of Machine Design, sits down with Pascal Köhler, director of business innovation and marketing at ebm-papst, to explore how data-driven cooling ...

I’ll never forget being asked that question years ago at the end of a presentation about a data center project. It’s a valid question about what it means to be an architect for data centers – ...

The International Code Council (ICC) has launched a new initiative to develop guidance for the design and construction of ...

As the industry looks toward 2026, data center architects and system designers face a convergence of pressures that make storage design more critical than ever. AI workloads continue to drive ...

The undying thirst for smarter (historically, that means larger) AI models and greater adoption of the ones we already have has led to an explosion in data-center construction projects, unparalleled ...

Members can download this article in PDF format. Today’s data centers have developed a ravenous appetite for power as they tackle large language models and other compute-intensive ...