This guide provides an overview of best practices for energy-efficient data center design which spans the categories of information technology (IT) systems and their environmental conditions, data center air management, cooling and electrical systems, and heat recovery. This documentation is part of NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD: Data Center Design Featuring NVIDIA DGX H100 Systems. It is critical to plan for the full heat load of the rack profiles, keeping in mind that the power provisioning is based on circuits that provide only 50% of the full load. Dell provides consumption rates for most of its rack-mount equipment through the Dell Product Configuration Calculator, which is available at Dell servers use variable-speed fans controlled by algorithms that use ambient and component temperature sensors. The hot aisle/cold aisle approach involves lining up server racks in alternating rows with cold air intakes facing one way and hot air exhausts facing the other. Beyond implementing basic measures such as sealing moisture out of the data center and improving air flow, aisle containment to prevent the mixing of hot and cold air stands out as a method that can dramatically reduce energy costs, minimize hot spots and improve the carbon footprint of data. Calculate your facility's CoE by dividing the total power required to sup-port your data center by the critical load (CoE = total power / critical power).
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