Data centers are becoming increasingly complex environments as IT densities rise and clients expect applications to always be available. At the same time high power costs as well as environmental concerns have put more and more emphasis on energy efficiency.

We ask our panel of data center operations professionals, how the facility view of critical power is evolving to cope with these demands. How are facilities and engineering teams managing maintenance and testing; what new technologies are helping them balance efficiency with availability and what does operational excellence look like.