The mission of modern data centers is to store and protect customers’ valuable data 24/7/365. This is made challenging by several factors, not the least of which being that computer servers generate a lot of heat, and (as fate would have it) heat is the enemy of computer servers. 

That’s why state-of-the-art data centers, such as the 40-plus nationwide operated by TierPoint (www.tierpoint.com), need a better-than-state-of-the-art cooling system. One might say cooling represents the “critical” in mission-critical applications.