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Cooling the Box: The Overlooked Envelope Cost in Data Centres

June 6, 2026 by Technicity
Data centre server hall, where building-envelope heat gain adds to the cooling load

Data-centre energy debates fixate on chips and chillers. The building shell barely gets mentioned — yet in a tropical climate, every weakness in the envelope adds directly to the cooling load that already defines the facility’s economics.

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