ASHRAE TC9.9

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its more than 56,000 members worldwide focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s built environment today. ASHRAE TC9.9 (Technical Committee 9.9) is concerned with all aspects of Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces, and Electronic Equipment TC9.9 Mission Statement: To be recognized by ALL areas of the Datacom industry as the UNBIASED engineering leader in HVAC and an effective provider of technical Datacom information (https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/datacom-series). TC9.9 Overview: TC 9.9 Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces, and Electronic Equipment is concerned with the design, operations, maintenance, and efficient energy usage of modern data centers and technology spaces. Along with the explosive growth of connected technologies (i.e. the Internet, mobile phones, telephony, etc.), high power density of electronic equipment has also been steadily increasing in recent years. In addition, the mission critical nature of computing has sensitized businesses to the health of their data centers. The combination of these effects has made it obvious that better alignment is needed between equipment manufacturers and facility operations personnel to ensure proper and fault tolerant operation within mission critical environments. In order to address these concerns, TC 9.9 was formed. The committee is comprised of a wide range of industry representatives including, but not limited to, equipment manufacturers, consulting engineers, data center operators, academia, testing laboratories and government.