In the Vault: Inside an Ultra-modern Data Center.

• Author: Stewart, Heather
• Position: Techknowledge

In a few short years, C7 Data Centers has grown from a single, small facility into five centers spread from Lindon to Salt Lake City with more than 600 national and international clients. CEO Wes Swenson says the company's facilities "are wildly different from most data centers." He approached their development with an eye to aesthetic and functional design, as well as the minimization of power consumption and other environmental impacts.

C7 uses an advanced canopy cold-row cooling system. Cold air is forced into the rvers from below and held in the covered row, while the warm air generated by the servers is directed into an intake system. The focus is on cooling the servers, rather than the entire room.

The new Granite Point II data center, launched in early 2014, features a 36-inch raised floor, a full-bay LED lighting system, 20-foot diameter fans to lift hot air off the server cabinets...