Degree Controls Announces Data Center Energy Seminar: Five Ways to Reduce Data Center Energy Costs

Business Wire, Oct 3, 2006

MILFORD, N.H. and WALTHAM, Mass. -- Degree Controls, Inc. (DegreeC), the leading provider of thermal and airflow solutions for the most demanding data-center and clean-room environments, will host a breakfast seminar and panel discussion of five ways to reduce data-center-related energy costs. The seminar will be held November 9, 2006 at the Westin Hotel in Waltham, MA.

In January of this year, DegreeC unveiled AdaptivCool[TM], a system that addresses twin problems experienced at data centers around the world: increasing heat loads, and rising cost of removing that heat. DegreeC is sponsoring the breakfast as a forum for experts to share their experience gained from answering a question on the mind of Facilities Managers, CTOs and CFOs across the country: "How can we reduce data center energy costs?"

"Whenever I travel to data centers and conferences across the country, I hear CFOs and facilities managers talk about their need to reduce the cost of data-center cooling. We are arranging this breakfast to bring together experts from across the spectrum to discuss best practices," said Walter Phelps, DegreeC's Data Center Product Manager.

Hudson, MA-based Longden Company and Lexington, MA-based AHA Consulting Engineers will co-sponsor the breakfast. Bob Talbot, President of Manomet Solutions and formerly Fidelity Investment's Senior Vice President of National Engineering will be a guest speaker.

"This is an important topic facing today's facilities managers and CFOs. There are good ways they can save on their electric bills for the data center, but they've been hesitant to touch the data center itself. The speakers-and-panel format is sure to explain a number of ideas for reducing today's data center cooling costs," said Mike Hruby, AdaptivCool's Interim Executive.

Over the past few decades computers have become more powerful, but their processing performance per kilowatt of electricity has remained constant. To make the cooling problem worse, the price of a kilowatt-hour of electricity has increased over this same period. Furthermore, inefficient data centers often consume as much power for cooling as for running the computing machinery itself. As a result, the cost of electricity required to power a modern computer and keep it cool during its lifetime will soon exceed the cost of the computer itself.

The breakfast panel discussion is designed for executives and managers who make decisions about controlling costs in data centers. The breakfast is free; however, advance registration is required. For registration and additional information on the breakfast, please visit http://www.FixMyDataCenterCooling.com.

About DegreeC

Headquartered in Milford, NH, and founded in 1996, DegreeC is a private, minority-owned ISO-9001 registered company. Over the past ten years, DegreeC has become a leading provider of thermal and airflow solutions for challenging telecommunications and medical applications. DegreeC is now applying its chassis-level thermal expertise to mission-critical room-level spaces, starting with data centers and clean rooms. In addition to its USA locations, DegreeC has facilities in India, China and Japan. With DegreeC's most recent acquisition, Integrated Quality Services, LLC (IQS), DegreeC employs approximately 100 people. Additional information on DegreeC can be found at http://www.degreec.com.

About Bob Talbot

Bob Talbot is the president of Manomet Solutions Inc., a data center design consulting company. Bob created Manomet Solutions to help clients develop short and long-term options and strategies that are cost effective and flexible, yet allow the client to experience the greatest critical infrastructure availability consistent with the reliability needs for their business. His clients include major banks, insurance companies, manufacturers, and data center operators. Bob spent 13 years at Fidelity Investments as Senior Vice President, National Engineering. In that capacity, he was responsible for the design and operation of building infrastructure for 3 main data centers, 64 major communications/server facilities, and 8 million square feet of office space in the U.S.A.. He was also responsible for the design and construction of data centers in South America and Japan. Additional information can be found at http://www.manometsolutions.com.

About Longden Company

Founded in 1975, Longden Company is a leader in creating technologically sound workplaces for server rooms, clean rooms, and "green construction." Longden is one of the largest Tate dealers in the country, and the largest access-floor dealer in New England. Longden understands the specific needs and challenges that mission critical spaces pose, and has a long, successful history of design-build projects and engineering problem solving. Additional information can be found at http://www.longden.com.

About AHA Consulting Engineers

AHA Consulting Engineers in Lexington, Mass., creates building systems and engineering designs. AHA focuses on modern and renovated facilities in healthcare, biotech, institutional and corporate environments. Typically AHA engineers work on the HVAC, electrical, plumbing and information technology elements of major buildings and installations. AHA has a separate division that deals with client design challenges in heating, ventilating, chilling and air conditioning. AHA has extensive experience in designing the systems and spaces that supply, enclose, and protect the data center environment.