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INTRODUCTION

Facility cooling systems can vary in configuration and equipment. Time and cost pressures can cause a disproportionate focus on simply designing cooling systems that deliver the capacity needed and ignoring other critical considerations. However, the focus should be much broader and balance the various considerations and trade-offs, such as flexibility; scalability; ease of installation, commissioning, and operation; ease of maintenance and troubleshooting; and availability and reliability. Any one or combination of the five considerations just mentioned can significantly change how the facility cooling systems are designed, what equipment is used, and the overall system architecture.