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NREL Develops Promising Cooling Technology
July 9th, 2010 : John Rath
The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has developed a new air conditioning process with the potential of using 50 percent to 90 percent less energy than today's top-of-the-line units. Read More
IBM’s Hot-Water Supercomputer Goes Live
July 5th, 2010 : Rich Miller
IBM has delivered an energy-efficient supercomputer cooled by hot water. The Aquasar cooling system uses water at temperatures of up to 140 degrees, and as a result consumes up to 40 percent less energy than a comparable air-cooled machine. Read More
Hamilton: Pace of Innovation is Quickening
June 24th, 2010 : Rich Miller
The pace of innovation in data design is accelerating, according to James Hamilton of Amazon, who says companies must look beyond conventional assumptions about data center environments and their cost. Read More
Emerson, Panduit Announce Partnership
June 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller
Emerson Network Power is partnering with Panduit to incorporate its products into Panduit's Unified Physical Infrastructure (UPI) system, the two companies said today. Read More
Two-Phase Modular Cooling for the Data Center
May 24th, 2010 : Kevin Normandeau
This white paper from Alcatel-Lucent shows how data centers can reduce energy consumption by as much as 90% using modular cooling. Read More
Keeping Cool In The Data Center
May 13th, 2010 : Kevin Normandeau
A cost-effective, efficient solution for maximizing heat transfer and enabling higher heat density equipment frames can be accomplished by utilizing properly positioned “phase change” or “two-phase” pumped refrigerant cooling methods. Read More
Liquid Blade: Submerged Blade Servers
May 5th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Hardcore Computer, which specializes in water-cooled PCs, has introduced the Liquid Blade, which immerses blade servers in a liquid cooling solution. Read More
Execs to ASHRAE: Don’t Favor Economizers
April 12th, 2010 : Rich Miller
A proposal to establish fresh air cooling as the preferred method for cooling data centers has brought unified opposition from six leading data center operators, who today issued an unusual joint statement opposing the proposal by ASHRAE. Read More
Submerged Servers: Green Revolution Cooling
March 17th, 2010 : Rich Miller
Startup Green Revolution Cooling has developed a liquid cooling enclosure that it says can cool high-density server installation for a fraction of the cost of air cooling in traditional data centers. Read More