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Cooling and Water

Wet-bulb temperature

Wet-bulb temperature reflects air temperature and humidity together and is a key input for evaporative cooling performance. It can be more important than dry-bulb temperature when evaluating cooling tower and economizer potential.

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Air permit

Air permit authorizes emissions from regulated sources such as backup generators, testing, fuel systems, or construction activities. Generator-heavy data center designs can make air permitting a material path item and community issue.

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Cross connect

Cross connect is a dedicated physical or logical connection between two endpoints inside a data center or campus. It can connect customers to carriers, cloud on-ramps, other tenants, or internal network nodes.

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24/7 carbon-free energy

24/7 carbon-free energy is an approach that attempts to match electricity consumption with carbon-free supply in the same hours and often in relevant grid regions. It is more stringent than annual REC matching and depends on granular data.

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