Saving on Data Center TCO with Liquid Cooling Technology

When you think of a server room or data center, the first thing that comes to mind is endless rows of server racks, incredible noise, and often frigid air temperatures. All of that is a result of the incredible density of computing components (CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs, RAM…) and the monumental amounts of heat they generate. This has been the standard approach for many years.

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Recently, there has been a paradigm shift towards more sustainable and eco-friendly data centers and HPC facilities in order to combat climate change. Liquid cooling technology plays an integral role in this transition and is the only solution that can push the PUE (Power Usage Efficiency) towards 1.0 and unlock greater computational densities that various industries (AI, animation studios, big data processing, etc.) require.

Numerous traditional data centers, whether old or new, that rely on air cooling technology and heavily utilize air conditioning systems, tend to use up to 40% of their total power consumption on cooling alone. This figure is further skewed because the “IT load” usually accounts for the server components and server fans, which use a staggering 10% of the total power consumption on their own. Modern liquid-based cooling technology addresses these shortcomings by absorbing the generated heat into the coolant and dissipating it into the environment with “free cooling” methods and a significantly reduced reliance on mechanical liquid chilling and air conditioning.