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“ AI data centres need considerably more power than non-AI data centres,” Joe explains.“ The International Energy Agency( IEA) estimates a conventional data centre demands ~ 10MW of power, while an AI data centre can demand over 100MW.
“ The average time it takes for a new data centre to receive this power is somewhere around 3-5 years. A lot can happen in that timeframe.”
Confronting AI workload pressures High-performance cooling requirements for AI systems are likely to be another challenge. To confront this, Joe suggests that Stargate will need to design its data centres for a“ new frontier” in cooling.“ Homogenous AI workloads will require liquid cooling and white space while heterogeneous workloads will require both air cooling and liquid cooling,” he says.
“ Liquid cooling will take various forms, such as direct-to-chip and immersion cooling, or hybrids of both technologies.
“ Planning for cooling flexibility will be key, given that power and cooling infrastructure typically last 20 years. The decisions made today for Stargate will have impacts for decades to come.”
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