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1. Acceptance
- By using this website you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the site.
2. What this site is
- Data Center Strategies publishes operator-first guidance on data center operations and management, and information about the book Where AI Lives and the Inside Hyperscale series.
- Content is general information and education. It is not engineering design, not commissioning, not legal, financial, or safety advice for a specific facility, and not a substitute for the engineer of record, the commissioning authority, or the site's own authorized persons.
3. No guarantees; use at your own risk
- No uptime, PUE, availability, or safety outcome is guaranteed. Figures are reported ranges or survey-based figures with their bases stated, not promises.
- Procedures, checklists, and frameworks on this site are general guidance material. They must be adapted to the specific facility, reviewed by the site's own competent persons, and applied under the site's own permits and procedures before use. Do not apply a procedure from this site to live critical plant without that review.
- Standards are cited by name and edition where stated (e.g. ASHRAE Guideline 0, NFPA 70E-2027). Standards are paywalled and change; verify the current edition before relying on a citation.
4. Safety
- Electrical and mechanical work on live critical plant must be done only by authorized persons under the site's own permits, lockout/tagout, and NFPA 70E-2027 electrical-safety practice. Nothing on this site directs energized work, and nothing here authorizes any person to perform it.
- If any content on this site conflicts with your site's procedures, your site's procedures govern.
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