KOHLER CO .
Kohler
Power
example , using evaporative and conductive cooling of liquid to reduce or increase the ability to exhaust heat . Hats off to the data centre leaders for funding this research and looking ahead at different ways to be more sustainable , to be more efficient , and to run their operations tighter .”
Innovation “ It ' s innovate or die ,” maintains Farney . “ That never changes ... We need to continue to drive new product growth . Everyone knows the importance of generators for mission critical facilities . They have contractual agreements and binding SLAs in those contracts to guarantee uptime . Data centre operators are financially incentivized to retain that uptime and make sure the facilities don ' t go down . And in generators , we provide the backup power to ensure that . We recently saw the importance of generators in the US in Texas , when they experienced power grid issues , but the data centres stayed up because they were running on diesel generators . It ’ s very important to continue to innovate and appreciate the importance of the growing role of backup power in data centres in general .”
Sustainability Kohler is investing heavily in its R & D to develop alternatives to diesel generators . “ We ’ re exploring parallel options with new technologies like hydrogen fuel cells ,” reveals Farney . “ We like to innovate under the umbrella of sustainability . Is it a revolution where we ' re going to throw out diesel generators and move to hydrogen fuel cell technology , or is it evolution ? Are
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