Data Centre Magazine April 2024 | Page 20

EXECUTIVE INSIGHT

“LOOKING FORWARD , LIQUID COOLING MAY BE ADOPTED MORE AS AI COMPUTING GETS DEPLOYED FROM CORE TO THE EDGE ”

but can be mitigated with liquid cooling solutions . Using liquid cooling also has a tremendous benefit for the environment .
Q . HOW DO YOU SEE LIQUID COOLING EVOLVING TO SUPPORT THE DEMANDS CAUSED BY AI ?

» Liquid cooling within a data centre has been shown to be efficient and reduce energy costs . At Supermicro , we anticipate that 20 % of data centres will adopt liquid cooling this calendar year to remove the heat generated by today ' s high end servers .

Looking forward , liquid cooling may be adopted more as AI computing gets deployed from core to the edge . Supermicro servers are designed to use liquid cooling for both the CPUs and GPUs , which are designed to run constantly at high loads for AI training and inferencing .
Q . CAN YOU SPEAK TO SOME OF THE NEW LIQUID COOLING SOLUTIONS THAT SUPERMICRO IS OFFERING ?

» Supermicro is creating innovative system designs that enable today ' s AI infrastructure to continue to produce results . New , compact servers that previously took over twice the rack space are available using liquid cooling .

Supermicro offers an entire Liquid Cooling solution that includes custom cold plates , manifolds , hot-swappable power and water pump in CDU , CDM ,
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