Information Technology (IT) has come a long way since the nineties when client-server architectures brought low-cost computing and a digital revolution to most businesses. Whether the driver was email, file-sharing, or standing up a DIY web server, businesses rushed to re-purpose parts of their office space for housing servers and networking.

As technology matured and time progressed, businesses relied on these IT resources more and more and new problems arose. Uptime of these servers began to matter, so businesses added Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS) and sometimes even generators to mitigate the occasional interruption in utility power. As more servers were added to increase capabilities, the extra heat generated
overran the capabilities of the baseline office AC systems.