Data center capacity planning

Q: Does EkkoSense work for small server rooms and edge sites?

Yes. EkkoSoft® Critical supports capacity planning for every size of facility, from small server rooms and edge sites to large enterprise and hyperscale data centers, all from the same platform.

Unlock stranded capacity and run your data centers leaner with intuitive, real-time M&E Capacity Planning for entire enterprise estates. EkkoSense – for data center capacity planning from small server rooms and Edge sites through to the largest enterprise and hyperscale facilities.

Data center capacity planning software from EkkoSense AI for the largest hyper scale facilities, enterprise down to small server rooms

Manage all your current and future cooling data center capacity planning needs – including complex air, liquid cooling and hybrid environments within a single, intuitive platform.

Track capacity in real-time

Track and manage data center capacity changes across your enterprise in real-time, with live 3D visualizations enabling immediate capacity decisions across connected rooms.

Unlock stranded capacity

Highlight and release previously unidentified stranded M&E capacity, with accept/reject workflow to give users control over capacity restrictions.

Hybrid air and liquid
cooling capacity allocation

Track data center room cooling activities and capacity, whether you’re using air-cooling, liquid cooling or a hybrid of the two.

Capacity planning for colocation customers

Colocation customers benefit from detailed rack capacity planning across custom rack groups – supporting internal data center cross-charging.

Support for larger and more complex rooms

With support for multiple UPS systems, multiple AC systems and up to eight PDUs for each rack, EkkoSense data center capacity planning addresses the needs of the largest operators.

Comprehensive reporting

Accessible, intuitive reporting includes capacity forecast charts, multi-factor regression analysis, and sidebar visualizations for historical room level and peak value reports.

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Air, hybrid and liquid cooling support for ultra high density AI environments.

Derisk your journey – deploy ultra high-density workloads and hybrid cooling environments with confidence.

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EkkoSense AI for data center capacity planning software for hyperscale and colocation customers - excellent ROI and case studies

Our distinctive software allows teams to gather and visualize data center capacity, power and cooling performance at a much more granular level.

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Full M&E and power chain visibility – remove thermal and power risks with environmental and data center power monitoring.

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Catch up on the latest data center capacity management Tech Tips and tricks for our software platforms.

Tech Tips

How can I quickly and easily see data center busbar capacity?

ByNathan Borthwick September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

Rather than collecting data manually from different systems and collating power usage across multiple Excels, EkkoSoft Critical makes visualizing your data center busbar capacity as simple as possible.

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Data center capacity planning – Using the AI-driven tool in EkkoSoft Critical

BySteve Lewis June 3, 2024August 7, 2025

Improve optimization with EkkoSoft Critical’s AI-driven data center Capacity Planning tool. Visualize and optimize at a granular level.

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Tech Tips

Can you manage cooling, space and power capacity issues across your estate in just seconds?

ByJames Kirkwood December 8, 2023June 25, 2025

EkkoSense’s innovative 3D visualization and analytics capabilities already take capacity planning to the next level by allowing operations teams to run much ‘leaner’ data centers. However with the latest EkkoSoft Critical 8.0 release – and its ability to provide consolidated estate/enterprise dashboard views – you can now monitor potential capacity issues wherever they occur across the data center estate.

Read More Can you manage cooling, space and power capacity issues across your estate in just seconds?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions about data center capacity planning.

Stranded capacity is power, cooling or space that exists in a data center but can’t be used, usually because of an imbalance elsewhere. For example, a room may have spare power but not enough cooling in the right place to support more racks. EkkoSoft^® Critical identifies stranded M&E capacity so it can be released for new workloads.

Start by understanding the real capacity of your existing facilities. Many data centers are over-provisioned because decisions are based on incomplete data. By releasing stranded capacity and optimizing cooling, EkkoSoft^® Critical helps operators support additional IT load in existing rooms, delaying or avoiding new capital expenditure.

Nameplate capacity is the rated maximum of your equipment. Usable capacity is what you can actually deploy safely once real-world power distribution, cooling performance and resilience requirements are taken into account. Usable capacity is almost always lower than nameplate, and measuring it accurately is the foundation of good capacity planning.

DCIM tools manage and record data center assets, while capacity planning software shows how much usable power, cooling and space remains, and where. EkkoSoft^® Critical works alongside your existing DCIM and BMS, adding real-time, rack-level capacity insight that asset records alone can’t provide.

Data Center Operations Intelligence (DCOI) combines thermal, power, capacity and space data into a single, trusted view, then uses AI to recommend the next best actions. It helps operators get more capacity from less power, with reduced risk, across both new and existing IT.

Yes. EkkoSoft^® Critical supports capacity planning for every size of facility, from small server rooms and edge sites to large enterprise and hyperscale data centers, all from the same platform.

EkkoSense deploys in days. Because it’s vendor agnostic and works alongside your existing DCIM and BMS, there’s no need to replace the systems you already have.

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Reach out to schedule a demo and see how much capacity you could release from your existing estate with the power of EkkoSense Data Center Operations Intelligence.