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Thermal Camera
This technological advanced camera can show hot spots in a data center.
For demo purposes, you point the camera to any data center components and
graphically visualize the temperature of it. Figure 11.4 shows pictures from
the thermal camera.
PSSC Montpelier Thermal Camera

This very technological advanced camera
can show hot spots in a data center.
For demo purposes, you point the camera to
any DC components and graphically
visualize the temperature of it.
Hotspot
heat emission from MRUs

Max: 30,34°C

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Source: IBM Montpelier PSSC Green Data Center Team

Figure 11.4 Montpelier PSSC Green Data Center thermal camera

Energy-Use Dashboards at Montpelier
The Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is the metric used to measure the
energy efficiency of a data center. Both IT and non-IT resources’ energy con-
sumption are gathered. Two PUEs are measured: overall and high-density
zone.
For demo purposes, you can show in real time the PUE of the PSSC Green
Data Center. Although the PSSC Green Data Center is for demo purposes,
these energy-use dashboards would be useful for any data center to raise com-
pany awareness on IT energy efficiency. These dashboards remind me of the