A variety of factors are now driving the task of data center development and construction toward standardization. Standardization may just save you a bundle on your next data center project… But, just because a method or approach is labeled a “best practice” doesn’t necessarily make it so. John Consoli, CTO at AFCO Systems (www.afcosystems.com), says “the interesting thing about ‘best practices’ is that once they become widely adopted, they quickly become the de facto ‘minimally acceptable standards’ for our industry.” Rarely, if ever, are these practices that have become standards questioned or re-evaluated, he adds.
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