Two key trends have emerged in the Data centre: the increasing demand for power from today's IT equipment and also the increasing cost of power. Couple these with the worldwide growth in demand for data centres and IT servers and it is clear that Data centre managers are facing increasing pressure to manage and optimise their available power.

To effectively be able to manage power for growth and manage the increasing associated costs Data centre managers need an accurate view of the power and energy being consumed in the data centre from row to rack and right down to the individual server level. Only then can we truly understand the power usage and optimise the available power