Power and Cooling Solutions

Anybody who has sat with a laptop on his or her lap for more than an hour knows that computers generate heat, and when you have a room full of computers you’ve got something else entirely on your lap—a safety issue. With a competitively awarded power and cooling contract from Choice Partners, you can procure the mission critical power and cooling solutions you need to keep your computer room, wiring closet or data center at a cool, safe temperature.

Choice Partners is a national purchasing cooperative offering services, procurement and contract solutions for governmental entities including school districts, private and charter schools, colleges and universities, municipalities and counties, as well as non-profit organizations. We partner with vendors to bring top-quality services and products to entities that must meet procurement law to cool their mission critical data center, for example, saving them time and money.

For power and cooling solutions, we work with leading suppliers of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power distribution units (PDU) and computer room air conditioners (CRAC) from manufacturers such as APC by Schneider Electric and STULZ Air Technology Systems. We connect our members to the products and services, such as critical power systems and data closet cooling, needed to protect their data.

Products included in the Choice Partners contract may include:

·      APC Smart-UPS

·      APC Back-UPS

·      APC Infrastruxure

·      APC NetShelter

·      APC Symmetra

·      APC MGE Galaxy

·      APC MGE 7000 and 8000

·      STULZ Air Handlers and Computer Room Air Conditioners

We are also determined to connect our members to staff with subject matter expertise in UPS, PDU, Rack, CRAC/CRAH infrastructure.