A key focus in the IT market continues to be on cooling strategies and heat removal from medium to high-density heat loads. Whether at the component, enclosure or room level, end users are struggling to keep up with constantly escalating heat loads. And a condition being addressed almost as rapidly as the heat buildup, with a wide variety of solutions, configurations and components, either available now or in the near future, that will help, at the least, reduce the impact of having too much heat to get rid of.

This paper will review some of the design considerations for a Cold Aisle Containment (CAC) installation and operational capacities that can be achieved with the system.

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