Resources
Guides and checklists
Practical, source-backed guides for buyers, engineers and analysts.
guide
Capacity definitions: IT, facility, grid and thermal MW
Data centre capacity numbers mix very different things: IT load, facility power, grid connection, thermal cooling capacity and battery energy. This guide explains each measure, how they relate, and the roll-up rules CoolPower Index uses so that unlike numbers are never added together.
guide
CDU comparison guide
How to compare coolant distribution units fairly: which fields matter, why capacity only means something at a stated approach temperature, flow and fluid, and a table of published CDU data with every missing value marked not disclosed rather than guessed.
checklist
Cooling and power RFI checklist
A practical request-for-information checklist for data centre cooling and power equipment, covering supplier status, product shipping status, CDU and liquid cooling details, heat rejection, power and backup, and commercial terms, so bids can be compared on the same basis.
guide
Cooling technology selection guide
A plain guide to choosing between air, rear-door heat exchangers, direct-to-chip liquid cooling (single and two-phase) and immersion, and to matching heat rejection, water temperature and heat reuse options to rack density, site constraints and the policy context.
calendar
Data centre policy deadline calendar
An outline calendar of dated data centre policy milestones across the CoolPower Index seed markets, built from the site's sourced policy records: reporting deadlines, compliance dates and consultation closes, each linked to its policy record and official source.
Tool
Requirement brief builder
Turn your requirement into a structured brief with explicit unknowns. Saved only in your browser. Export as CSV, JSON or print.
Calendar
Policy deadlines
Upcoming consultation closes, compliance and effective dates from published policy records.