Data centers have several design constraints and challenges, including airflow and liquid cooling. How can engineers address this HVAC topic? Listen for insights on selecting a system for a data center’s design, heat recovery, energy efficiency and future trends.

In this episode, meet Dan Gentry, Applications Engineer, and Sarah Hilden, Applications Engineer, at Trane Commercial North America.

• (00:00:03) - Data Center Cooling
• (00:01:13) - Air Cooling vs Liquid Cooling
• (00:02:51) - Heat Recovery in Data Centers
• (00:06:33) - How To Adapt Cooling Plant Design to Data Centers
• (00:09:16) - Data Center Energy: Cost-effective design
• (00:11:39) - Water Cooled vs Air Cooled Systems
• (00:13:25) - How to Build a Data Center That's Energy-efficient
• (00:15:11) - How are Data Centers Adapting Cooling System Designs to Higher Thermal
• (00:18:14) - How To Improve Data Center Cooling Without compromising redundancy
• (00:20:28) - What Does Your Family Do For Fun in the Summer?
• (00:23:13) - How to Specify a Data Center

Cyber-informed engineering, operational technology (OT) security and information technology (IT) cybersecurity should be part of every mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) design. Listen to Adam Brody, EIT, Electrical IB from Cannon Design, St Louis, discuss how this affects electrical engineering.

• (00:00:03) - Cyber Informed Engineering
• (00:00:58) - How is Cyber Informed Engineering and OT Security different from traditional IT
• (00:06:05) - Has Connected Infrastructure Increased the Risk of Cybersecurity?
• (00:14:54) - MEP Cyber-Intelligence Engineering
• (00:17:21) - How to Balance Parenting and Working
• (00:18:39) - Cyber-Intelligence in Engineering