Comments on: Expect Datacenters To Get Denser, Hotter, And Smarter https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/01/22/expect-datacenters-to-get-denser-hotter-and-smarter/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:46:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Tim Coote https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/01/22/expect-datacenters-to-get-denser-hotter-and-smarter/#comment-221944 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:46:57 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143515#comment-221944 There are very few usecases that the require latencies that are impacted by DC separation – and such approaches would require some careful network engineering.

When I last looked at DCs in detail, there was some concern that liquid cooling at high power requires redundant cooling networks, or a failure would cause the hardware to melt, even if the input power were turned off immediately. Has this risk been worked around, or is it going to become a real issue?

]]> By: Timothy Prickett Morgan https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/01/22/expect-datacenters-to-get-denser-hotter-and-smarter/#comment-219329 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:27:39 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143515#comment-219329 In reply to Andrew Bourget.

That reminds me of the old Consolidated Edison steam plants in various neighborhoods in New York City. As far as I know–and I have been out of the Big Apple for seven years now–there was still steam heat for buildings in Gramercy Park and on the East Side over by Bellevue Hospital.

]]> By: Gary A boring https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/01/22/expect-datacenters-to-get-denser-hotter-and-smarter/#comment-219310 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:05:30 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143515#comment-219310 Forcedphysics.com has an alternative to liquid cooling with far fewer parts.

]]> By: Andrew Bourget https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/01/22/expect-datacenters-to-get-denser-hotter-and-smarter/#comment-219293 Wed, 24 Jan 2024 04:42:32 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=143515#comment-219293 To be able to reuse heat, the datacenter must be built in city centres. To do this requires to go underground ground. We at ECCUS have developed underground space to allow the economic creation of underground datacenters.

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