Companies that make use of managed hosting services tend to have major concerns over the temperatures that their providers keep servers at, according to an expert.
In a column for Data Center Knowledge, Jason Friedler, head of hosting for Telstra International, said that clients tend to have worries about altering agreements in relation to reducing cooling costs.
He explained that the issue has come about as providers consider cutting energy usage within data centres and added that firms feel a rise in temperatures could impact on reliability.
"This varies from the effect on server recovery time, to how potential increases in humidity would lead to greater condensation levels," he outlined.
"There are also concerns of whether costs from equipment downtime caused by this will offset the cost savings from reduced cooling."
Earlier this month, the Search Engine Journal suggested businesses could improve the success of websites by choosing the most suitable managed hosting service for their needs.