Because when the heat is insistent, like this year, it also affects computers, servers and network devices. 

We've already had a few outages over the summer due to overheating and lightning strikes causing network devices to shut down. 

If your devices in the server room are exposed to high constant heat, it increases the risk of power failure, data loss and/or permanent hardware failure.

Here are 5 heating tips for how you can best manage the temperature in your server room:

- Ensure good ventilation in the room

- Use air conditioning that takes humidity into account

- Observe the temperature and keep it below 25 degrees

- Close windows so that the air conditioning system can work optimally

- Consider a rack cabinet and avoid placing devices in direct sunlight