Microsoft has announced that the company’s newest data center campus will be expanded to include two more data center facilities. Located in Boydton, Va., the facility houses server racks both indoors and outdoors within larger enclosures as part of a hybrid design engineered to reduce operating costs and increase energy efficiency. The new expansion will bring the data … [Read more...]
New Magnetic Cooling Technology Decreases Environmental Impact of Cooling, Avoids Side Effects of Magnetic Fields on Electronics
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, U.K. and CIC nanoGUNE in Spain have developed a new cooling technology for the thermal management of computer chips and other miniaturized devices that utilizes materials that change their temperature when exposed to magnetic fields. Materials measuring only 20 nm tick and comprised of comprised of lanthanum, calcium, manganese and … [Read more...]
Data Center Project Inspired by Science Fiction
A new Swedish data center in the process of being constructed has been modeled to look like a space station from Star Trek. Designed by John Karlung, the CEO and founder of Swedish ISP and data center operator Bahnhof AB, the new data center features a modular, containerized design and will be constructed of parachute and bullet-proof material. According to Karlung, each … [Read more...]
U.S. DoD Plans to Implement Hot Water Liquid Cooling System into Major Data Center
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is planning to implement a liquid cooling systems into one of its major data centers. Developed by liquid cooling solutions company Asetek Inc., the direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology employs hot water and ambient air to cool servers. “Hot water direct-to-chip liquid-cooling is a powerful approach that can capture more than 80 percent … [Read more...]
Humidity Excursions in Facebook Prineville Data Center
Veerendra Mulay Facebook Inc. Facebook’s data center in Prineville, OR, has been one of the most energy efficient data center facilities in the world since it became operational [1]. Some of the innovative features of the electrical distribution system are DC backup and high voltage (480 VAC) distributions, which have eliminated the need for centralized UPS and 480V to 208V … [Read more...]
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