It doesn't have to be 72 degrees... (Score 1)

We keep an old telco room stacked with routers, switches, and servers at a cool 89 degrees. Not because we wanted to, but because some dumbass partner of ours decided he'd save money and install the A/C and venting himself... all the wrong way of course. 3 tons of cooling in an 8x20 room... and you get hit with the heat wave when you open the door. Sad/good thing is, our 15-year old used router gear there ... currently has a two-year uptime. Go figure. Of course when it does eventually fail, the partner will be running around jabbering about anything other than the environmentals.