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Data Center Humidifier Systems

Enhancing performance and eliminating dangerous, hot, and dirty conditions

Data centers need strict environmental controls to preserve equipment, productivity, and employee health. If humidity is too low, the dry air will lead to electrostatic discharge (ESD), which can damage critical server components. Too high and humidity will quickly lead to damage, corrosion, and, eventually, equipment failure. Humidifiers need to prevent these challenges to empower data centers to achieve heightened control and efficiency.

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The Data Center Humidification Challenge

Like any large space, data centers must account for specific factors and challenges when it comes to maintaining humidity, including changes in temperature, the location of the room, and whether ambient cooling is present. Allowing server room humidity levels to fluctuate too far in either direction comes with distinct risks. A reliable data center humidifier is essential for maintaining safe humidity levels and protecting sensitive equipment.
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Excess Moisture and Electrical Damage

Ignoring humidity in the data center can result in costly damage to company computers, printers, and other electronic devices. Excessive moisture settles on equipment and can result in component failure and corrosion.

But while excess or fluctuating moisture levels in the air can damage electrical components, the biggest environmental threat to computers actually isn’t high humidity. It’s low humidity.

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Inadequate Moisture and ESD Damage:

Environments with a low relative humidity (RH) are more susceptible to ESD. Normally, airborne moisture dissipates static electricity and prevents the buildups that lead to component-frying consequences.

But when the air is dry, static electricity travels more easily, dissipates improperly, and can trigger destructive ESD events.

The Self-Evaporative Solution for Data Center Humidification

Self-evaporative humidifiers keep data centers clean and cool while preventing moisture buildup that can damage equipment. Traditional humidification systems create a dangerous trade-off in data centers, they either fail to maintain consistent humidity levels or they introduce moisture that threatens your equipment. Our systems integrate seamlessly with your existing cooling infrastructure, actually improving HVAC efficiency while protecting millions of dollars in critical hardware. Some of the many benefits of implementing self-evaporative data center humidification systems include the following.

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Data Center Humidity Range

While many humidifiers can maintain the recommended range of 30-40% RH, moisture levels alone are not enough to avoid these risks altogether.

Fluctuating moisture levels and high maintenance often make humidifiers more problematic.

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Preventing Excess Moisture and Electrical Damage

That’s why self-evaporative humidification technology generates water droplets that repel one another. This simple, patented process leads to a host of humidification advantages: namely, quick and non-fluctuating moisture diffusion and non-wetting humidification.

When self-evaporative droplets repel each other, they cannot form puddles or condensation that could damage data equipment, permeating the air with precise and stable moisture uniformity. Precise and uniform humidity completely eliminates the chance of equipment failure and inefficiencies caused by inadequate humidity levels and diffusion.

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Preventing Hazards

Likewise, self-evaporative humidification systems keep data centers clean and cool. The self-evaporative process reverses cohesion and maximizes adhesion, attracting airborne dust to the droplets. Once contaminants adhere, they oxidize.

Keeping the room cool is a feature of all self-evaporative systems. The technology draws in warm, dry air from all the equipment, filters it through the double cooling mechanisms inside the system, and releases cool, clean air.

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Empowering Data Centers

Meeting the stringent demands of electrical systems, data centers use self-evaporative technology via Smart Fog’s wall-mount, suspension, or in-duct options.

Self-evaporative humidification empowers data centers with more operational control and efficiency by eradicating ESD, optimizing cooling processes, and ensuring efficient operations.

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Why Humidity in Data Centers and Server Rooms Matters

Having the correct humidity levels in your data center is vital, as it can affect the performance and reliability of the equipment and infrastructure. Some other reasons why it is essential to be aware of the humidity levels in a data center or server room include:

  • Effective data center and server room humidity control prevents static electricity risks to create a safer environment for the equipment.
  • Improving the efficiency of the cooling systems to reduce energy consumption and operational costs.
  • Reducing the risk of corrosion-related failures.
  • Maintaining operational stability for more predictable performance.
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Benefits of Humidifiers for Server Rooms and Data Centers

Server room humidifiers can help maintain optimal environmental conditions as well as provide a wide range of benefits, including:

  • Controlling condensation.
  • Creating a stable operating environment.
  • Maintaining the integrity of stored data.
  • Improving cooling efficiency to reduce energy consumption.
  • Complying with industry guidelines.
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Smart Fog's Data Center Humidification Systems

Taking control of your data center’s humidity levels is simple with our line of humidification systems. Smart Fog delivers comprehensive data center humidity control solutions tailored to your facility’s needs.

Our systems accommodate various room sizes and can reliably maintain ideal humidity levels. Some of our many data center humidifier solutions available include:

  • ES100 Direct Space Humidifier: The ES100 Direct Space Humidifier is an in-room solution that efficiently turns any space into a clean and comfortable environment.
  • TS100 In Duct Humidifier: The TS100 In Duct Humidifier uses self-evaporative technology for a non-wetting, reliable humidification solution.
  • ES100M Portable Industrial Humidifier: Enjoy all the benefits of the ES100 in a portable system with an ES100M Portable Industrial Humidifier.
  • MS100 Custom Grid System: Humidify spaces of up to 10,000 square feet to meet the exact humidification needs of any facility with the MS100 Custom Grid System.
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Enhance Your Data Center Productivity With Humidifiers From Smart Fog

Keeping your data center at a safe humidity level is easy with Smart Fog humidifiers. We have over 40 years of industry experience, and our line of humidifiers results from careful research and testing in a range of facilities, including data centers. If you’re ready to learn more about our humidification systems and how they can benefit your data center, we invite you to explore our wide selection of humidification solutions today.

Why Choose Smart Fog Data Centers Humidifiers ?

Smart Fog data centers humidifiers combine decades of industry experience with cutting‑edge engineering that prioritizes data center humidity control and operational reliability. With over 40 years of research and testing in critical facilities, including enterprise and edge data centers, our humidification systems deliver precision humidity coverage without causing excess wetting or microbial growth. 

Our solutions integrate easily with your existing hvac and base, reducing risk, lowering maintenance demands, and supporting energy‑efficient operation while protecting your most valuable assets.

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FAQs

What humidity range should my data center maintain?

Most facilities aim for a balanced range that avoids both ESD risk at low RH and condensation at high RH. Industry guidelines like ASHRAE suggest ranges that protect equipment while balancing corrosion risk (ASHRAE Thermal Guidelines Reference).

Are data center humidifiers energy efficient?

Yes. Evaporative and self‑evaporative technologies used in modern data center humidifier systems can add moisture while reducing sensible heat, helping open free‑cooling windows and lowering overall energy consumption.

How does humidity affect server reliability?

Low humidity increases electrostatic discharge potential. This can cause interruption in data traffic or fail components. While high humidity causes water droplets that corrode circuitry. Precision humidity control protects uptime and hardware health.

Can humidifiers integrate with my existing monitoring?

Yes. Leading data centers humidifiers integrate seamlessly with building automation systems (BAS) and data center infrastructure management (DCIM) platforms for real‑time monitoring and control.

What maintenance do these systems need?

Smart Fog systems are designed for minimal maintenance with self‑evaporative tech that avoids wet spots and reduces cleaning demand. Routine checks of filters. And sensors help ensure long‑term reliability.