HBO Broadcasting Center NY
Background
In this field study, two business-critical data rooms in HBO's office and data center in Hauppauge, New York, were compared.
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HBO engineers installed Hydromx® in one of two 20-ton Libert units for this trial. The Server#3 chamber was cooled using Hydromx, and the other chamber, MPEG#4, was cooled using a 40/60 mixture of glycol and water. The load difference between these rooms is 47.5%, with Server#3 having the largest load.
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Results
“After months of testing, I'm extremely pleased to report that the results were better than expected,” said HBO chief engineer Desmond Cooke.
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In total, HBO achieved energy savings of 35% with the Hydromx. An external monitoring company confirmed the results: an annual saving of 65,000 kWh. Hydromx reduced compressor operating hours by an average of 46%, extending equipment life. The CRAC units had 90% more free cooling hours. HBO estimates that their return on investment for the Hydromx installation is only 12 months.
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