Specialist data centre opens North American office.

With the opening of its first US office in San Jose, California, Future Facilities aims to better support IT vendors develop cooling methodologies for their products and reduce the risk of thermal shutdowns. Future Facilities claims to be the first company to develop specialised Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software and consultancy services specifically for the data centre sector. The 6Sigma DC application is effective throughout the facility lifecycle from design to operations and upgrade. "The ability to power and cool IT equipment and ensure its availability is the biggest issue facing the owners and operators of data centres and mission critical facilities. This problem has become particularly acute as companies have increased their use of high density equipment such as blade servers," says Hassan Moezzi, one of the founders of Future Facilities Limited.

He added "6Sigma DC software can be used at every stage in the engineering lifecycle from facility design to ongoing operations and maintenance. The application facilitates the creation of 3-D data centre designs which can be used to model the effectiveness of various layouts and infrastructure set-ups using this Virtual Facility[c]. The software features fully characterised libraries of equipment which allows hardware vendors to communicate directly with facility operators. Once a design has been adopted and built in the real world, the software continues to be a powerful tool for maintaining operational effectiveness as inventory changes and equipment is upgraded."

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