Over the past couple of years, Google has been testing an algorithm that learns how best to adjust cooling systems—fans, ventilation, and other equipment—in order to lower power consumption. This system previously […]
Yes, in some cases you’ll need gloves and aprons, but once you get some practice with liquid, it may provide a more comfortable working environment. Tweeted by @datacenter https://twitter.com/datacenter/status/1027648227171094529 Read the source […]
While some data center operators use liquid cooling to make their facilities more efficient, most of the growth in adoption of these technologies is driven by the need to cool higher-density racks. […]
Liquid cooling vendors say their technology significantly reduces data center power consumption and Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). Industry analysts and consultants agreed that it could in many cases improve PUE, but that […]
Under a recent tornado watch, the AI system managing the cooling plant at one of Google’s data centers in the Midwest changed the plant’s settings in a way which the facility’s human […]
Close to half of a data center’s total energy use can go to keeping equipment properly cooled. The most common data center cooling method has been to simply refrigerate air through rows of […]
Traditionally reserved for mainframes and academic supercomputers, liquid cooling may soon be seeping into more enterprise data centers. New, more demanding enterprise workloads are pushing up power densities, leaving data center managers […]
Facebook is helping fund 437MW of solar power in the states of Oregon and Utah, some of which will power its veteran Prineville data center. The deal with Pacific Power places 100MW […]
European energy management specialist Schneider Electric has revealed its part in building the Green Mountain data centre at Rennesøy – a facility located in a former NATO ammunition store, deep inside a […]
Microsoft, the second largest public cloud provider (behind Amazon), is building a massive data center under the sea. It will be the first underwater data center in the world. The company aims […]
