{"product_id":"when-cooling-fails-hvac-lessons-from-data-center-disasters-9798245507279","title":"When Cooling Fails: HVAC Lessons from Data Center Disasters","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Charles Nehme\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Construction - Heating, Ventilation \u0026amp; Air Conditioning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eData centers are often described as resilient, redundant, and fault-tolerant. Power systems are engineered to survive improbable events, IT architectures are designed for failover, and uptime targets approach theoretical perfection.\u003cbr\u003eYet again and again, real-world incidents prove a hard truth: \u003cb\u003ewhen cooling fails, everything fails.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHVAC systems are frequently treated as supporting infrastructure rather than mission-critical systems. They are expected to function quietly in the background, assumed to be robust simply because redundancy exists on paper. In practice, cooling systems are exposed to complex interactions between mechanical equipment, electrical disturbances, control logic, and human response - interactions that are rarely tested under true failure conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was written to examine those realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than focusing on idealized designs or best-case operation, \u003ci\u003eWhen Cooling Fails\u003c\/i\u003e explores \u003cb\u003ewhat actually goes wrong\u003c\/b\u003e in data center HVAC systems. Through real incidents, publicly reported failures, and engineering analysis, it reveals how cascading events begin, why redundancy collapses, and how small vulnerabilities can escalate into major outages, equipment damage, and data loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe goal of this book is not to assign blame. It is to extract lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy understanding how cooling systems fail - electrically, mechanically, and operationally - engineers and decision-makers can design, operate, and manage data centers that are not just redundant, but truly resilient.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47571168952471,"sku":"9798245507279","price":3268.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798245507279.webp?v=1774886361","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/when-cooling-fails-hvac-lessons-from-data-center-disasters-9798245507279","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}