Data Center Industry Survey
Required questions are indicated by a green line down the left.
1 : Select your role in the data center industry:
Vendor/Product Manufacturer
Construction Manager
Data Center End User
Consultant
Contractor
Other
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2 : In your opinion, what are the top 3 challenges facing data center managers today? (select 3)
Safety/Security
Cooling
Server Space/Expansion
Disaster Recovery
Energy Efficiency
Reliability/Uptime
Education/Training
Budgetary Constraints
Staffing Qualified Personnel
3 : If you make purchases for your data center, please identify the top 3 industry professionals that have the greatest influence on your data center electrical/infrastructure purchasing decisions: (select 3)
Data Center Peer/Professional
General Contractor
Electrical Contractor
IT Manager
Consultant/Specifying Engineer
In-House Facilities Group
Product Manufacturer
4 : If you purchase facility management services, which post-installation facility management services have you purchased or are considering purchasing from UPS, generator, or data center switchgear vendors? (check all that apply)
Product Training/Education
Energy audit/Energy management
Service & Maintenance Agreement
Remote System Monitoring
Arc Flash Studies / Reliability Studies
Power quality troubleshooting/Event reconstruction
5 : Do you currently own/manage a data center facility?
Yes
No
6 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, in what industry sector is your data center facility?
Financial/Banking
Telecom
Internet
Healthcare - Hospital
Healthcare - Clinical
Healthcare - Other
Education - K-12
Education - University
Government - State
Government - Federal
Government - Local
Insurance
Other
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7 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, what is the total square footage of your building (exclude parking lots, landscapes, external building amenities)?
8 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, what is the total square footage of your data center facility (gray space)?
9 : If you answered 'Yes' in question 5, what is the total square footage of your IT (white) space?
10 : In what time period was your facility/building built?
2005 and newer
1995 - 2004
1985 - 1994
1975 - 1984
1974 or older
11 : In what time period was your data center (or data center portion of your building) constructed?
Same time as the facility
2005 and newer
2000 - 2004
1995 - 1999
1995 or older
12 : What is your Power Infrastructure (or Energy Management) installed base? Check all the apply:
Square D
APC / MGE
Pelco
Powerlogic
Other
13 : If 'other,' please specify:
14 : How did you learn about this website?
2008 7X24 Exchange Expo
2008 AFCOM event
Initiative 2008
Data Center Dynamics event
Search engine, i.e. Google, Yahoo
Followed link from other website
Online video
Referral, word of mouth
Advertisement/Article/Brochure
Saved as a home page/bookmark/favorite
Other
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15 : What is your primary reason for visiting Square D Critical Power's website?
To learn more about Critical Power
To find out about Schneider Electric products or answer a specific product question
To learn where to purchase
To locate trained installer near you
Request technical support
Find contact information
To view a Critical Power video
Read new case studies published on the site
To download literature
To download drawings
Research/Educational purposes
Other
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16 : Would you like to be notified when new technical content is added to the library at criticalpowernow.com?
Yes
No
17 : What suggestions, if any, would you like to share for consideration in improving this website?
18 : Your information
First Name
Last Name
Title
Company Name
Street Address
City
State
Zip Code
Country
Email
Telephone
Fax
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