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team was able to deliver a 20 % reduction in sound pressure at lower frequencies .
“ Vertiv has been our partner since the get-go ,” explains Nancy Novak , Chief Innovation Officer at Compass Datacenters . “ Although we were well below the noise ordinance level and we didn ’ t have any kind of a legal or contractual obligation to do anything , we spent nine months solving the problem . Both we and Vertiv want to be good neighbours .”
Since its founding , the company has worked with Vertiv for its cooling technology . Sound studies conducted at Compass ’ Leesburg data centre showed that the cooling equipment was registering at 25 - 35 decibels , which is comparable to a whisper . The issue wasn ’ t volume . As the team kept digging into the data , they found a rogue tonality – an elevated pitch perceptible only to some residents .
Compass and Vertiv dug deep , learning what they could in order to avoid such problems in future . Their combined hard work revealed the problem : air flow from fans was striking mounting brackets creating the bothersome pitch . By re-engineering the fan mounts , the
Compass Datacenters developing future-ready technology and ESG solutions In recognition of the critical role innovation has in the company , Compass created the role of Chief Innovation Officer in 2020 and named Nancy to that position . Since her first day in the role , she has been driven by a personal mission to transform the way that data centres are designed and built , with a major focus on sustainability .
With a background in construction , Nancy saw the potential for ESG innovations for data centres to be a proving ground for massive ESG gains in construction overall . Given that construction and buildings ( i . e ., the built environment ) account for 40 %
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