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AI platforms can draw 20 times more power than traditional cloud servers

Richard identifies the real risk not as the technology itself, but as underestimating its complexity.

“ Liquid cooling is a highly scientific, deeply engineered discipline and it’ s not something you can adopt without experience,” he says.“ These systems take years of development and close collaboration with silicon manufacturers and server OEMs. If that work hasn’ t been done properly, risks begin to surface.”

Those risks include fluid contamination, performance degradation and poorly designed cooling architectures. Any reduction in cooling loop performance

28 March 2026