April was a Microsoft-centric month at Data Center Frontier, as three of our top five stories track innovation initiatives for the Azure cloud. Here are the 10 most popular stories in April 2021.
Microsoft’s Belady on Immersion: ‘Air Cooling is Not Enough’
Microsoft has begun using immersion-cooled servers in production, the company said this week. The announcement is a meaningful milestone for adoption of two-phase immersion, which promises major gains in density and efficiency.
LiquidStack Seeks to Bring Immersion Cooling to Cloud Data Centers
Server immersion cooling technology from bitcoin specialist Bitfury is coming to the data center. LiquidStack launches today as a stand-alone company looking to address growing cooling challenges in cloud, HPC and edge computing.
Microsoft Tests Immersion Cooling Tech from Bitcoin Mining for its Cloud Servers
Microsoft is test-driving immersion cooling technology used in bitcoin mining for adoption in its cloud. As powerful new AI hardware presents cooling challenges, Microsoft sees dunking its servers in coolant as a promising technology for future data centers.
DCF Podcast: Robots in the Data Center
The robot-driven data center is closer to reality with the introduction of a robotic system to swap servers from a tank of cooling liquid. Is this another step towards more “lights out” data centers? Rich Miller, explores the past, present and future of robots in the data center.
TMGcore Unveils Robot-Managed Immersion Data Centers
TMGcore has launched a modular data center platform that uses robots to swap high-density servers immersed in coolant fluid. The OTTO platform is the most ambitious bid yet for a “lights out ” autonomous data center.
Scott Noteboom Joins Liquid Cooling Startup Submer
Veteran data center innovator Scott Noteboom has joined immersion cooling startup Submer as Chief Technology Officer. Noteboom says Submer’s technology can evolve as a platform for new machine-optimized data center designs.
The Data Center of 2030 Will be Faster, Cooler and Automated
As we approach 2030, data centers will feature ” lots more application-specific silicon being cooled by water,” according to Suvojit Ghosh, the plenary speaker at DCD Enterprise New York.
Submer, ZutaCore Debut Liquid Cooling Tech at Open Compute Summit
Liquid cooling technology specialists Submer Immersion Cooling and ZutaCore are rolling out new designs at the Open Compute Project Summit 2019, which begins today in San Jose. The OCP demos reflect growing interest in high-density cooling among hyperscale operators.
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