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Industry insights, musings and creative solutions from our expert team.


Data Center
Video

Data Center Sustainability and CFDs

Gordon Johnson, CFD Manager, shares insights into the topic “The Future of Containment – Has Air Cooling Reached Its Limits?” which looks into the cooling options available to cope with today’s rising demands on data centers.

Company
Team

International Women’s Day 2024

In celebration of International Women’s Day 2024, Subzero Engineering applauds some of the women within Senneca and Subzero Engineering who buck the trend of bias, stereotypes and discrimination.

Company
Press Release

Subzero Engineering Relocates Headquarters to New State-of-the-Art Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah

Subzero Engineering is delighted to announce it’s new industry leading 155,000-square-foot facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Learn more!

Cleanrooms
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Simplex Cleanrooms Overview

Learn why Simplex cleanrooms by Subzero Engineering with a 40-year industry heritage, is the right choice for its customers and how customers directly benefit from its industry knowledge and experience.

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Video Tour of Subzero Engineering’s Massive Industry-Leading Facility

Explore SubZero Engineering’s cutting-edge 155,000 square-foot facility in Salt Lake City, Utah—a hub of innovation, collaboration, and groundbreaking solutions for data centers and cleanrooms. Join us on a transformative journey, witness our state-of-the-art demos, and schedule a tour to experience firsthand the commitment to excellence that defines Subzero Engineering.

Data Center
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Subzero Engineering at Data Center World London 2024

Andy Connor, Subzero Engineering Director for EMEA Channel, is interviewed at Data Center World London 2024 about the role containment plays in Data Center Sustainability

Data Center
Educational Article

The Most Effective Strategies for Ensuring Uninterrupted Mission-Critical Operations in a Data Center, Particularly in the Face of Unexpected Disruptions

Subzero Engineering’s President, Shane Kilfoil, discusses the most effective strategies for ensuring uninterrupted mission-critical operations in a data Center, particularly in the face of unexpected disruptions

Data Center
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Subzero Engineering’s Global Scope

Andy Connor guides us through Subzero’s global scope, sustainability initiatives, and pivotal growth trends spanning EMEA and beyond.

Data Center
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Subzero Engineering’s History, Innovation & Future

Deep dive into Subzero Engineering’s history of innovation, as the leader in turnkey engineering solutions for both data centers and clean rooms

Data Center
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Subzero Engineering’s Site Services Solutions

Delve into Subzero Engineering’s industry differentiators, logistical prowess in site services, and real-world success stories. Discover the direct impact of their quality containment solutions on data center equipment longevity, their turnkey solutions, strategic third-party partnerships, and their ongoing commitment to innovation amidst industry challenges.

Data Center
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How Subzero Engineering Tackles Industry Challenges

Discover how Subzero Engineering excels in data center industry challenges. Explore our customer-centric approach, economic benefits of containment, and distinctions between Essential and Elite lines, emphasizing the critical role of a Project Manager in delivering TURNKEY SOLUTIONS.

Data Center
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Subzero’s Quality and Legacy

Jim Cook sheds light on the remarkable capabilities of the Subzero Engineering site service teams, showcasing how their expertise has been instrumental in shaping Subzero’s reputation.

Data Center
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Proactive Project Management at Subzero Engineering

Explore Proactive Project Management with Brian Baskett, Project Manager at Subzero Engineering. Learn the importance of attention to detail for customer satisfaction, strategies to mitigate human errors in large-scale projects, quality control processes, the value of site services, and why Subzero continually strives for the best solutions.

Data Center
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Leading Innovation with Experience

In the latest installment of “The Data Center Expert Series,” accompany Craig Richardson, Data Center Sales Manager at Subzero Engineering, as he navigates through the dynamic landscape of the industry […]

Data Center
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Subzero Engineering and EMEA Partners

Our EMEA Channel Manager, Craig Brown, speaks to the process of onboarding potential new partners, what he’s most excited about in the channel right now, and the vision for a potential Subzero Engineering “Partner Program”.

Data Center
Educational Article

Overcoming the Problems of the Power-Hungry Data Center

Unlock insights into the changing data center landscape. Learn about hyperscale and edge data centers, ESG priorities, and the risks of power-hungry data centers in this industry overview.

Data Center
Educational Article

Meeting the Demand for Truly High Performance, Sustainable and Flexible Data Centers

The data center industry faces potentially opposing challenges over the next few years, so optimizing data center performance has never been more important. In order to achieve this, at Subzero Engineering, we believe a number of things have to happen.

Data Center
Educational Article

Rethinking Data Center Design to Maximize Efficiency

White Paper explains why efficiency-optimized data center design and operation has never been more critical

Data Center
Educational Article

Key Steps to Optimize Data Center Cooling Performance

Unlock Energy Savings: Key Steps to Optimize Data Center Cooling Performance. Learn from Gordon Johnson how efficient cooling strategies, from supply temperature adjustments to airflow optimization, can cut costs and boost sustainability.

Data Center
Educational Article

It’s Time to Rethink the Concept of Micro Data Centers

enterprise business applications are plentiful. Yet flexible and user defined data centres for edge applications, which rely on dynamic real time data delivery, provisioning, processing and storage, are in short supply.

Data Center
Educational Article

Subzero Engineering: Sustainable Solutions for Data Centers

Subzero Engineering recognises data centers are dynamic environments, so they have created customised containment solutions which make energy-efficient savings for their customers.

Data Center
Educational Article

The Role of Containment in Mission-Critical Edge Deployments

Today, edge data centers need to provide a highly efficient, resilient, dynamic, scalable and sustainable environment for critical IT applications.

Data Center
Success Story

atNorth, Subzero Standardize Approach to HPC Colocation

A case study by Subzero Engineering shows how leading Nordic data centre services firm atNorth was able to standardise its approach to HPC colocation.

Data Center
Educational Article

Keeping the Edge Customer-Focused

For many years, the data center industry has been engaged in a deep discussion on the concept of edge computing. Yet the definition varies from vendor to vendor and from customer to customer, creating not only mass confusion, but a fixed mindset in terms of solutions design.

Data Center
Educational Article

Enhancing Performance with Computational Fluid Dynamics

The current and growing industry focus on sustainability has highlighted the need to work towards energy efficient data center designs, which, in turn, should provide the perfect combination of sustainable operating conditions.

Data Center
Micro Data Center | Subzero Engineering
Educational Article

Defining Your Edge: Re-Thinking the Concept of Micro Data Center Designs

Modular, customizable, and scalable micro data center architectures can meet the end user’s requirements perfectly, allowing end-users to truly define and embrace their edge.

Data Center
Micro Data Center | Subzero Engineering
Press Release

Subzero Engineering Launches ‘Essential Micro Data Center’, Allowing Users to Define Their Own Edge

ering’s Essential Micro Data Center is the world’s first modular, vendor agnostic and truly flexible modular micro data center architecture.

Data Center
Educational Article

Containment at the Edge – Making the Edge Efficient, Scalable, and Sustainable

The increase in data and the need for high-speed data transfers has inspired the recent trend known as edge computing.Da

Data Center
Educational Article

5 Steps to Improving Data Center Performance & Energy Efficiency

Learn about relatively simple actions, which will have an immediate positive impact on your facility, and with an ROI measured in months rather than years.

Data Center
Clean Rooms for Critical Environments | Simplex + Subzero Engineering
Press Release

Subzero Engineering and Armstrong World Industries partner to serve U.S. data center market

This partnership is the latest development in the portfolio expansion of data center products and services from Armstrong and Subzero Engineering

Data Center
Press Release

New Essential Series Data Center Containment Solutions, Designed for Increased Functionality and Speed of Deployment

Subzero Engineering announces the launch of its Essential Series product line

Data Center
Micro Data Center | Subzero Engineering
Educational Article

Data Center Sustainability – Why it’s all about the data

Learn about the the need for data centre leaders to become more aware of the environmental consequences of their digital footprint and how best to monitor it as demand for sustainable operations places more pressure upon the industry.

Data Center
Educational Article

Containment Helps Data Centers Go Green

High levels of energy consumption cause a push for greener and more environmentally friendly data centers

Data Center
Micro Data Center | Subzero Engineering
Product Insight

Data Center Containment 101

New White Paper discusses the Essentials of Data Center Containment

Data Center
Educational Article

Containment’s Role in Energy Efficiency and Rapid ROI

Everyone today is interested in saving money, and that’s especially true in data centers.

Data Center
Product Insight

AisleFrame from Subzero – The Scalable Containment System

Build Better, Build Faster. AisleFrame by Subzero takes a simplistic approach to a typically complex design.

Data Center
Product Insight

Polar PDU Local Features and Display

Learn about the extreme functionality of our PDU interface

Data Center
Product Insight

Which Polar PDU is right for you?

Identify the differences between the PDU options to find the perfect solution for you

Data Center
Product Insight

Key Features of Polar PDUs

Learn about the many useful features of Subzero Engineering’s Polar PDUs

Data Center
Product Insight

Cabinet Access Control with Polar PDUs

Polar PDU Cabinet Access Control provides an easy-to-use and economical networked electronic lock solution for data center cabinets.

Data Center
Product Insight

Power Management from Subzero – Polar PDUs

Polar Power Distribution Units (PDUs) provide the ultimate solution for combining cabinet level power management, environmental monitoring, and cabinet access control in multi-tenant and enterprise data centers.

Data Center
Educational Article

NYC Raises the Roof

NYC Buildings Department establishes acceptance criteria for retractable-type horizontal cold aisle containment systems installed in information technology equipment areas.

Data Center
Educational Article

Warming Your Data Center

See an infographic with interesting data center heat statistics.

Data Center
Product Insight

Let Subzero help make your data center more efficient

Our team of experts can design a custom data center solution that can be installed in just a few weeks.

Data Center
Events

Load IT Up. Turn IT On. Keep IT Cool.

Visit us at Data Center World Las Vegas

Data Center
Press Release

Subzero Opens New Facility in Ireland!

This month Subzero Engineering opened its newest manufacturing facility in Blanchardstown Ireland within the Rosemount Business Park.

Data Center
Team

Race Days at Subzero Engineering

Seems like Subzero employees cant get enough speed. See photos from the annual Subzero Engineering race day.

Data Center
Press Release

Save Big on Fully Loaded Cabinets

Our discounted Arctic Enclosures are going fast, don’t miss out!

Data Center
Educational Article

Rack Hygiene – Stop the Madness!

Stop the madness! Rack hygiene is a must for every data center. Saving a few dollars on cabinets without cable management systems is nothing short of crazy.

Data Center
Educational Article

Seeing is Believing

Watch a a time-lapse video that shows the containment install along side of the temperature changes.

Data Center
Educational Article

The Correlation of Data Center Best Practices and Disaster Recovery

There is a correlation between a data center’s attention to industry best practices and its ability to rebound from the disaster

Data Center
Product Insight

Subzero’s Polar PDUs

Power management in the data center is all about being connected — Introducing Polar PDUs

Data Center
Educational Article

The Role of CFDs in Containment

An interview with a certified data center design professional, Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP), CFD and electrical engineer regarding the use of CFD’s and containment.

Data Center
Educational Article

The Truth About Fans in the Data Center

Simply adding fans to cool IT equipment is not a quick fix; it is imperative to first understand why sufficient airflow is not available.

Data Center
Educational Article

The Truth Behind Data Center Airflow Management: It’s Complicated

What do principles of air movement have to do with data center airflow management? Learn more in this article.

Data Center
Educational Article

Extending the Capacity of the Data Center Using Hot or Cold Aisle Containment

What correlation does consistent supply air across the face of the rack have to do with increased data center capacity?

Data Center
Success Story

Datacenter Revamps Cut Energy Costs At CenturyLink

Century Links return on investment with Subzero Containment Solutions was in the order of 21 months and received a $534,000 rebate check!

Data Center
Product Insight

Don’t cage your computer!

Subzero Engineering is partnering with Colo providers in creating cageless solutions for their customers.

Data Center
Educational Article

California Title 24 – It’s a Hole in One!

Why is Title 24 a good thing for data centers everywhere? Data centers worldwide can benefit from the research done by the State of California.

Data Center
Success Story

NYI Rolls Out New Cold Aisle Containment System Within Data Centers

Deployment of Cold Aisle Containment Technology Reduces Energy Usage and Optimizes Equipment Performance at NYI

Data Center
Product Insight

Check out our new fully NFPA compliant retractable roof system!

This game changing roof system ensures that the containment roof obstruction is fully removed electronically when a smoke detector is alarmed.

Data Center
Product Insight

Mind the Gap – The importance of gap-free data center containment door systems

We need a “Mind the gap” philosophy in airflow management, especially containment doors.

Data Center
Press Release

What’s new at Subzero Engineering for 2014

We have been working hard taking our world class products and ma king them even better. Here are a few of the changes we are making for 2014.

Data Center
Educational Article

Airflow Management’s Role in Data Center Cooling Capacity

Learn how airflow management (AFM) is changing the way data centers cool the IT thermal load.

Data Center
Events

Data Center World Conference suggests our talk on Energy Rebates as one of the top 13 sessions to attend

Larry Mainers, CEO of Subzero Engineering will be giving a session explaining “How to Apply and Receive Utility Rebates with Environmental Monitoring Systems”

Data Center
Success Story

How Containment and Environmental Monitoring Garnishes a Large Utility Rebate

Subzero data center containment solution leads to energy savings and a $49,777.72 utility rebate for Virtustream

Data Center
Success Story

Host.net Cold Aisle Containment significantly impacts Boca Raton Colocation data center efficiency

Host.net announces the installation of a Cold Aisle Containment(CAC) System in their Boca Raton Colocation facility.

Data Center
Success Story

Utility Rebates & Energy Effeciency

Virtustream receives energy rebate from Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Data Center
Product Insight

More Than Just Data… Intelligence

Subzero has added RCI indicators that give an ‘at-a-glance’ view of the efficiency of your data center cooling program.

Data Center
Product Insight

The Relationship Between Containment and DCiM

PolarXpress is a wireless environmental monitoring system that focuses only on the IT intake. A low cost, easy to deploy system that with it’s superior graphic interface makes it easy to read and understand.

Data Center
Product Insight

Disrupt the Status Quo with Subzero Engineering’s Arctic Enclosure

Innovation and technology now allow one to shift perspective to a new option when selecting enclosures — Enter the Arctic Enclosure

Data Center
Team

Two Subzero Engineers Meet Modern Data Center Challenges through DCEP and CDCDP Certification

Two of Subzero Engineering’s CorporateEnngineers were sent to participate in CDCDP (Certified Data Center Design Professional) and DCEP (Data Center Energy Practitioner) advanced learning opportunities

Data Center
Press Release, Product Insight

New Style Containment Aisle End Doors and Panels

Our new style of doors and panels have a sleek, smooth finish with a superior fit and effectively encloses both hot and cold aisles. Our doors come in three different styles: dual, single, and hinged.

Data Center
Educational Article

Data Center Tour by The New York Times Features a Subzero Containment System

Virtually tour a data center and cover the topics of data center cooling, cold aisle containment, backup power manageme

Data Center
Press Release

Subzero Engineering Launches New Site!

Archived Article for the launch of the first subzero website

Data Center
Educational Article

Meeting the Demand for Truly High Performance, Sustainable and Flexible Data Centers

The data center industry faces potentially opposing challenges over the next few years. What’s clear is that it needs to be agile, scalable, quick-to-deploy, and, above all, efficient, if it is to meet the users’ expectations.

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