One of the most important fact form this article which is likely to be overlooked is : "the Prineville facility runs at 85°F with a 65 percent relative humidity". Running at such a high humidity + Temp combination is impressive esp when you look at the money saved in environmental costs.
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One of the most important fact form this article which is likely to be overlooked is : "the Prineville facility runs at 85°F with a 65 percent relative humidity". Running at such a high humidity + Temp combination is impressive esp when you look at the money saved in environmental costs.
That quote made it seem like the incoming air was at 65% relative humidity, but...
"which in turns lets Facebook rely on evaporative cooling instead of air conditioning."
So it runs at 65% relative humidity after the swamp coolers.
I doubt this would be possible in datacenters in more tropical environments (south Florida). Thoughts?