Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed towards systems and methods for managing environmental variables associated with electronic equipment within a datacenter. In an embodiment, the present invention is a data center physical infrastructure management system that is managed by IT personnel. The system comprises at least one of a rack and a cabinet having rack spaces and at least one sensor, a data communication arrangement for propagating communications signals from the sensor to a management database that receives information from the communications signals, the received information being stored, and a data processor for determining algorithmically, from the received information, stranded capacity within the at least one of a rack and a cabinet.