How to align your data centre and battery chemistry
C&D's Erick Soares contributed a recent article to Intelligent Data Centres, a media company and website reporting on the enterprise IT sector. The article, "Does ‘the one’ exist? How to align your data centre and battery chemistry" outlines factors that influence data center battery backup power system decisions.
Successful battery backup in data centers depends on strategic choices at every step, including:
Project type— greenfield (new data centers) vs. brownfield (expansions or retrofits)
Size— both in terms of power requirements and physical space
Battery chemistry— selecting flooded lead acid, VRLA, or lithium batteries for cost, performance, longevity, and future-proofing