We often think of infrared scans for roofs or energy scans to make sure the building envelope functions properly and energy isn't escaping. Inside the building can be just as important.

Our world today revolves around technology and computing. If your company has a network, chances are, somewhere in your offices is a data center. Data centers are usually filled with servers and other equipment - the technological backbone of your business. As you can imagine, the heat generated by so many electrical components can be intense, and so data centers are carefully monitored for temperate spikes or drops.

More than just the data center itself needs to be monitored. Along with all those servers comes a lot of electrical equipment. A thorough predictive/preventative maintenance (P/PM) program uses infrared thermography to detect excess heat radiating from those components.

What you can't see CAN hurt you!
Remember, electrical components heat up before they fail.

Loose connections, overloaded or imbalanced circuits, faulty breakers, damaged switches, faulty fuses and a wide range of other unwanted electrical conditions produce a heat signature that cannot be seen with the naked eye, but can be easily detected using an infrared scan camera. Remember, what you can't see CAN hurt you!

If you haven't had a thermal heat scan of your data center in the last six months, now is a great time!

Interested in learning more? Call me at 803-328-2889 and let’s talk!

IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit http://www.irinfraredservices.com/ or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/infraredscans. We are proud to offer the very best thermography services in North Carolina and South Carolina!

Thermal Scanning Data Centers in North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina is known as one of the largest banking centers of the United States, which means it is also home to lots and lots of data centers. As a matter of fact - Apple's new data center in North Carolina is now visible on Google Earth! (http://www.tuaw.com/2011/04/24/local-tv-station-visits-apples-data-center/) Why am I mentioning this in a blog about infrared scanning? Because thermal imaging of a data center infrastructure can provide critical information about your center's health and functioning.

What exactly IS a data center? Simply put, it is a facility that houses crucial computer systems and their related components. For example, every bank has multiple data centers. These data centers house the mainframe computers that contain all the bits and bytes that represent YOUR money (and a whole lot more data). Although data centers are set up to be redundant (if one fails, the redundant data center should immediately and safely resume operations), a good predictive mainentance program helps to ensure failure through preventable incursions doesn't happen.

Thermography in the data center allows you to check for hidden problems before they occur. Next week, we'll take a look at what some of them might be.

Infrared Scanning - it's not just for commercial buildings anymore!


Interested in learning more? Call me at 803-328-2889 and let’s talk!


IR Infrared Services provides top quality thermographic service at a competitive price to commercial users in North Carolina and South Carolina. For more information, visit http://www.irinfraredservices.com/ or follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/infraredscans. We are proud to offer the very best thermography services in North Carolina and South Carolina!