Patent ID: 8346398

Claim:
An arrangement for optimizing power efficiency of a data center having a plurality of racks having at least one server computer, comprising: a plurality of sensors coupled to one or more of the plurality of racks and operable to measure at least one environmental parameter of said rack, each of the sensors configured to wirelessly transmit a measured environmental parameter; and a processing circuit configured to receive information based on the at least one measured environmental parameter, wherein the processing circuit further comprises a virtual data center representative of said data center, wherein the virtual data center is configured to: acquire the at least one environmental parameter; generate a simulated control law for operating said air conditioning system based on the at least one environmental parameter; validate the simulated control law before implementation in said air conditioning system; and wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: generate a profile indicative of the at least one environmental parameter corresponding to said rack; and generate a control law configured to operate one or more air conditioning systems in order to satisfy a thermal demand of the data center in an optimally power efficient manner based at least in part on information representative of the profile of said rack.