DENSO MovinCool’s How to Prevent IT Equipment from Overheating—in Winter white paper examines the benefits of using ceiling-mount air conditioners to cool server rooms and closets, even while building are being heated during the winter.

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Today, many businesses face a new challenge that may take them by surprise: Keeping the heat-sensitive IT equipment in their server room or telecom closet cool during cold-weather months, when the building is heated.

As businesses and organizations of all types have come to rely more and more on electronics equipment such as servers and telecom switches, this problem has become critical.

Increasingly, electronics equipment is housed in a converted closet or other small room. The equipment is susceptible to malfunctioning or damage due to overheating, so keeping it cool is essential. If the building is still in the design stage, the equipment room’s cooling requirements can be taken into account and a dedicated air-conditioning system specified, yet for one reason or another, this is often overlooked.

In the case of many existing buildings, a company’s electronics equipment is installed during a period of warm or mild weather. At that time, the building’s central air conditioning may seem to provide adequate cooling, and no further thought is>>Read More