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thousands of times more efficiently if we look at water .
This is where immersion cooling comes in – the current buzzword of the data centre cooling space . This is done by submerging the servers or other components into a liquid that is thermally conductive , but not electrically conductive . This is known as a dielectric coolant .
Today , there are a couple of different types of immersion cooling options available , single phase and two-phase , both of which from initial results appear to typically provide significant reductions in cooling energy usage by 35 % to 75 %.
Overall sustainability savings associated with this methodology remain to be evaluated , however , all things considered , the power density now required by servers is increasing and air-cooled systems can no longer cope – hence the need for more efficient liquid-cooled solutions .
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As you can see , there are multiple opportunities available which could benefit from the use of heat exchange technology to improve efficiency within a data centre , both in current systems and the innovations of the future . Here we have only touched the tip of the iceberg in terms of realising the heat exchanger ’ s full potential in data centre energy optimisation . ◊
THE CORE ADVANTAGE OF LIQUID COOLING OVER AIR COOLING IS THAT LIQUID CAN ABSORB HEAT MORE EFFICIENTLY – UP TO THOUSANDS OF TIMES MORE EFFICIENTLY IF WE LOOK AT WATER .
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