Product: Tate Access Floors Directional Perforated Access Floor Panel

How to cool data centers—which are the warehouses of the 21st century—in an energy-efficient manner has become a common design challenge. To capitalize on the effectiveness of ventilation systems that use a raised-floor plenum, Tate Access Floors created the Directional Perforated Access Floor Panel. The panel directs 93 percent of its airflow into the faces of the server racks and can achieve more than a 40% savings in annual fan energy consumption. Suited for use in 24″-square raised floor systems, the panels can cool more than 8 kW per rack. • tateinc.com

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Wanda Lau

Wanda Lau, LEED AP, is the former executive editor of ARCHITECT magazine. Along with 10 years of experience in architecture, engineering, and construction management, she holds a B.S. in civil engineering from Michigan State University, an S.M. in building technology from MIT, and an M.A. in journalism from Syracuse University's Newhouse School. Her work appears in several journals, books, and magazines, including Men's Health, ASID Icon, and University Business. Follow her on Twitter.

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