Unified and flexible control of multiple data center cooling mechanisms

A computer program product for controlling temperature in a computing environment using at least one control parameter, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising:
• computer-readable program code configured to:
• receive a plurality of desired attributes for the computing environment, wherein a first desired attribute relates to a first system condition of the computing environment and a second desired attribute relates to a second system condition of the computing environment, wherein the first system condition is temperature, and wherein the at least one control parameter affects at least the temperature and the second system condition of the computing environment;
• generate a cooling model representing the effect of the at least one control parameter on at least the first and second desired attributes;
• generate a first utility function for each desired attribute;
• create a second utility function, wherein the second utility function is a combination of the first utility functions;
• generate a utility function for the computing environment based on the second utility function, the cooling model, and at least the first and second desired attributes;
• and
• set a value of the at least one control parameter based on the utility function.