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3 February 2015 By Nick Booth

Hangs off the back of pre-fab units that need chilling

Container DataCenter specialist Cannon Technologies and cooling company Stulz have jointly developed
an invention to take the heat out of modular units.
Cannon said it needed a system to create temperature control for the container DataCenter units it
supplies for use in national security and extreme operations. The two companies already work together to
create water cooled data centre and direct expansion (DX) outdoor enclosure cooling systems.
The new joint effort was a response to a UK government commission for a flexible, efficient, transportable
DataCenter for all seasons. The system had to instantly work when placed in desert, tropical, arctic or
maritime conditions, with no prior preparation.

Cool it guys

Cannon asked Stulz to incorporate a cooling system into its transportable modular DataCenter (TMDC),
which is designed for specific projects and pre-configured before shipping as modules that can be
assembled on site. While TMDCs normally use a within row, water based cooling system, the government
insisted on a ‘chiller less’ system. The plan was to use free cooling where possible, so cold air from outside
could chill water for air conditioning in the TMDC.