Here's a round-up of the top trending stories at CablingInstall.com from the past week.
Cable installer bad day redux -- This cabling installer's rap music masterpiece features lyrics and a video that vividly capture the time-crunch atmosphere of the residential broadband cable service game.
Online calculator determines Power over Ethernet distance and voltage -- CommScope offers an online Power over Ethernet distance and voltage calculator, which allows users to determine the maximum distance and/or input voltages with PoE and PoE Plus devices. It is a tool that can be used in conjunction with CommScope’s Powered Fiber Cable System.
ASHRAE cuts PUE from data center efficiency draft standard -- ASHRAE is no longer proposing the use of PUE to set data center efficiency standards, reveals a new standard document that’s currently in the works
Report: Worldwide data center construction market booming -- New report by Beige Market intelligence estimates the data center construction market to record a total revenue generation of approximately US$54 billion by 2021.
Fed grant will help researchers convert U.S. data centers from AC to DC power -- Inefficiencies in critical segments of the data center industry have driven the government to investigate the advantages of using widespread DC power within facilities.
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