Emergency Cooling with Limited Power?

Nos. asks: "I work for a small webhosting company (I'm on leave from my Gov't job) and we've started having some power problems. Actually someone managed to blow out the substation powering the area so we're piggy backing off another one, and they're slowly powering more and more things off. Elevators, lights, etc. are gone. Since the building we work in has a few IT company's working it in, they're trying as hard as they can to keep the A/C running, but its not looking good. As such, the possibility exists that our server room could get very warm, very quickly. Since we've already powered off everything that's not essential, we're starting to look at ways to keep the room cool without using a lot of power. Generators an small A/C units are a last resort as it would mean holes in the walls. The only thing we've been able to come up with is dry ice and some small fans to circulate the air. Of course this is happening as we're heading in to a week of over 30C days. Does Slashdot have any ideas?"

Comments

Re:Nix the Dry ice

[zulux]

Releasing large amounts of CO2 into the room might just turn your server room into a silent deathtrap.

But if you'r....say 6 foot three inches and your PHB is say... a dwarf.... well......

Invite him in, and when he falls over with his eyes bludging out.... run!

I'm thinking what you need to do here is..

[Ophidian P. Jones]

Submerge the entire room in mineral oil.