[Beowulf] A Cooler Cloud: A Clever Conduit Cuts Data Centers? Cooling Needs by 90 Percent

[Lux, Jim (337K)]

Is this not just a conventional extruded (or skived or EDMed) heat sink with a fan?   Sure, it’s a good idea to replace dozens of tiny 1U high fans with fewer big fans.
This doesn’t seem particularly novel – high power amplifiers and power supplies have used the “parts on the outside of an aluminum box with a fan” forever.

I’ve got one of these sitting next to my desk at work:
https://www.minicircuits.com/WebStore/dashboard.html?model=ZHL-30W-262-S%2B
90W DC in, 30W RF out, the other 60W goes out as heat.


From: Beowulf <beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org> on behalf of "Chuck_Petras at selinc.com" <Chuck_Petras at selinc.com>
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 12:56 PM
To: "beowulf at beowulf.org" <Beowulf at beowulf.org>
Subject: [Beowulf] A Cooler Cloud: A Clever Conduit Cuts Data Centers? Cooling Needs by 90 Percent

Well, this is interesting.

"According to Forced Physics’ <https://forcedphysics.com/ [forcedphysics.com]<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forcedphysics.com_&d=DwMFAw&c=-_uRSsrpJskZgEkGwdW-sXvhn_FXVaEGsm0EI46qilk&r=fawF3TRTwCqlaBkoLcxYCr4F4NRwCc64hmEgi9rHPpE&m=zr6lAlVphGxOQTXSElww9hGpqb9IZPik0_MN2v8Fqjs&s=lb4Hi9X8NKIYWe_e1RU3Cw4gr9Uz_B7n5pnCNY0ss3U&e=>> chief technology officer, David Binger, the company’s conductor can help a typical data center eliminate its need for water or refrigerants and shrink its 22-MW load by 7.72 MW, which translates to an annual reduction of 67.6 million kWh. That data center could also save a total of US $45 million a year on infrastructure, operating, and energy costs with the new system, according to Binger. “We are solving the problem that electrons create,” he said."

A Cooler Cloud: A Clever Conduit Cuts Data Centers’ Cooling Needs by 90 Percent
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