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“ HPC is the engine behind many of the measures that have helped us begin to fight back against COVID-19 , and it will be instrumental for disease prevention in future ”
LEE MYALL CEO , KAO DATA
evaporative cooling to maintain its industryleading PUE across racks with densities ranging between 20-40kW , he adds that “ if an AI or HPC organisation wanted to accommodate higher rack or power densities , or to use direct-to-chip liquid cooling , we have the ability to customise the infrastructure accordingly , and the engineering expertise to support them .” It ’ s this combination of sustainable and HPC expertise that has allowed the Harlow campus to marry ultra-dense IT architecture capable of hosting the UK ’ s most powerful supercomputer with green design techniques that conspire to make the Harlow campus one of the country ’ s most sustainable facilities as well . “ The technical expertise of our leadership team , and the ability to power and cool supercomputing systems , such as NVIDIA ’ s Cambridge-1 , sustainably , means we ’ ve built a green and environmentally conscious home for HPC and AI .” As demand for high-tech applications continues to rise , and as the need for a more sustainable data centre industry becomes increasingly dire , Kao Data could end up serving as a blueprint for the future relationship between HPC data centres and the sector ’ s green ambitions .
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