Particle Monitoring in Data Centers
Airborne and Liquid Monitoring to prevent failures before they happen.
This webinar shows how airborne and liquid particle monitoring can be used as a continuous diagnostic and early warning tool, helping identify developing issues before they impact reliability, cooling performance, or uptime.
Modern data centers are operating at unprecedented power densities, with tighter thermal margins and increasing reliance on liquid cooling architectures. While most datacenters are not designed or certified as ISO‑classified cleanrooms, particulate contamination—both airborne and liquid‑borne—remains a critical and often under‑recognized risk to system reliability, cooling efficiency, and uptime.
This webinar explores how particle monitoring, long established in cleanroom and high‑purity manufacturing environments, can be practically applied in datacenters—not as a certification exercise, but as a continuous diagnostic and early‑warning tool. On the airborne side, we will discuss how localized particle monitoring can reveal developing failure points such as fan degradation, airflow imbalance, filter loading, construction activity, or maintenance‑induced contamination long before these issues escalate into equipment faults or outages. While ISO Class 8 certification will be briefly addressed for those facilities that pursue formal classification, the primary focus is on using airborne particle data to identify trends, correlate events, and guide corrective action in real‑world datacenter environments.
The webinar will also address particulate contamination in liquid cooling systems, including direct‑to‑chip and closed‑loop architectures. As cooling channels, pumps, seals, and heat exchangers become smaller and more sensitive, even modest particle loads can restrict flow, accelerate wear, and reduce thermal performance. We will examine how continuous and portable liquid particle monitoring can be used during commissioning, normal operation, and troubleshooting to detect wear debris, maintenance contamination, and early signs of system degradation.
Throughout the session, practical monitoring strategies will be presented along with examples of airborne and liquid particle counters suitable for datacenter deployment. Attendees will gain a clear understanding of where to monitor, what trends matter, and how particle data can be used to prevent contamination‑driven failures rather than simply reacting to them.
- How airborne particle monitoring can uncover early signs of airflow imbalance, equipment degradation, and maintenance‑related risks
- How continuous and portable liquid particle monitoring can be used to detect early signs of system degradation
- Where to monitor, what trends matter, how to use particle data to prevent contamination
- ISO Class 8 Certification
Who should attend:
- Operations & Facility Manager
- Infrastructure Manager
- Facilities Engineering Manager
- Mechanical Systems Manager (Datacenter / Mission Critical)
- Electrical & Mechanical (E&M) Manager
- Commissioning Engineer & Manager
- Construction Quality Manager
- Reliability Engineering Manager
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE – Physical Infrastructure)
- Mission Critical Systems Engineer
- Infrastructure Reliability Lead
- Cooling Engineer
- Thermal Systems Engineer
- Liquid Cooling Systems Engineer
- Mechanical Design Engineer – Datacenter
- HVAC Engineer – Mission Critical Facilities
Speakers
Benton Hutchinson
Product Line Manager
Benton is a Product Line Manager at Particle Measuring Systems, focused on aerosol, compressed gas, and airborne molecular contamination (AMC) monitoring in cleanrooms. With a background in chemical engineering and hands-on experience in the semiconductor and microelectronics industries, he helps manufacturers improve contamination control. Benton is an expert in detecting and reducing AMC and particle levels in critical environments, supporting high-yield production and cleanroom compliance. He has delivered technical training and presentations on cleanroom contamination topics around the world. Benton holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering. At Particle Measuring Systems, he supports global innovation in cleanroom monitoring.
Richard Duskey
Product Line Manager
Rick is a Software and Systems Product Line Manager focused on contamination monitoring solutions for electronics manufacturing. He brings over eight years of experience across service, technical support, metrology, and product management, following a prior technical role in the military. His work spans both life sciences and electronics sectors, with an emphasis on environmental monitoring systems, cleanroom data integrity, and system integration. Rick also serves as an educator through Particle College, delivering practical training on particle counters, system performance, and regulatory compliance. At Particle Measuring Systems, he helps advance cleanroom monitoring technologies that support yield improvement and process control for high-tech manufacturing environments.
Lexi Lake
Applications Engineer
Lexi Lake, M.S., is an Applications Engineer at Particle Measuring Systems with expertise in aerosol, gas, and airborne molecular contamination (AMC) monitoring for cleanroom manufacturing. She works closely with pharmaceutical, biotech, semiconductor, and microelectronics companies to improve contamination control strategies. Previously, Lexi was an Aerobiology Engineer, where she led aerosol R&D and helped develop new microbial monitoring technologies. Her scientific background includes research on airborne pathogens and respiratory disease therapies. Lexi holds a Master of Science in Microbiology and a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She regularly shares her knowledge through presentations on viable and non-viable particle monitoring, airborne particle behavior, and contamination control.
