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There is a growing crisis in the world of data centers, and SprayCool will help provide realistic solutions as a sponsor of the Uptime Institute Spring 2007 Symposium in Orlando, Fla., on March 4-7. This year, the symposium will cover several topics surrounding the challenges that data centers present, including the “Meltdown of Moore’s Law,” the “green movement,” tips on reducing energy consumption and the future of energy-efficient technology. As a research underwriter and exhibitor, SprayCool will work with other sponsors including HP, AMD, Eaton Powerware, EMC, IBM, Intel and VMware to address issues that stem from high-density computing. In general, The Uptime Institute, Inc. (the Institute) Symposiums aim to supply stakeholders in large-scale corporate IT and data center management, corporate finance and real estate with information on how to improve IT performance, energy efficiency and computing capacity. “There truly is an invisible crisis among data centers worldwide – and it relates to power and heat,” said Rob Savette, SprayCool’s vice president, corporate development. “Here at SprayCool, we have the solutions that can not only save companies money and space, but also help them join the growing ‘green’ movement. We are looking forward to working with all of our fellow research underwriters during this important symposium.” The SprayCool system uses a fine mist of non-toxic and non-electrically conductive liquid, which is sprayed in a thin layer and evaporates to cool electronics. Thanks to SprayCool’s system solutions, companies can dramatically conserve energy by cooling more servers without increasing the power load. “Spray Cool offers the kind of technology innovation that the Institute is pleased to help showcase to corporate IT executives and facilities systems professionals concerned about power consumption,” said Bruce Taylor, chief strategist for the Institute’s IT energy efficiency and productivity initiatives. For example, using SprayCool solutions to cool the servers in a conventional datacenter can reduce total facility power consumption by 25 percent or more – a power savings that can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, for even a small datacenter. More importantly, this reduction in both power and heat can result in postponing or avoiding very costly computing site facilities upgrades or new construction. In addition, the M-Series cooling system is extremely power efficient, requiring less than 200 watts per rack.