Data Centers Go Wireless

Data Centers Go Wireless

Looking for a micro local view of the temperatures around the racks and shelves in your data center? If you’re Microsoft, you’re turning to wireless sensor networks to find out that information in your centers worldwide.

The program began in 2006 with a few sensors in a single data center. Over the years, though, it has grown. Today more than 700 of the wireless devices have been installed in the company’s centers worldwide where they enable the software giant to closely monitor temperature and humidity around the server racks in the facilities. Read More …