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CRITICAL COOLING SPECIALISTS LAUNCH 1MW COOLANT DISTRIBUTION UNIT
Airedale by Modine , the critical cooling specialists , has launched a coolant distribution unit ( CDU ) in response to increasing demand for high-performance , high-efficiency liquid and hybrid ( air and liquid ) cooling solutions in the global data centre industry .
Airedale by Modine ’ s CDU will be manufactured in the US and Europe and is suitable for both colocation and hyperscale data centre providers who are seeking to manage higher-density IT heat loads .
The increasing data processing power of next-generation Central Processing Units ( CPUs ) and Graphics Processing Units ( GPUs ), developed to support complex IT applications like Artificial Intelligence , result in higher heat loads that are most efficiently served by liquid cooling solutions .
The CDU is the key component of any liquid cooling system , isolating facility water systems from the IT equipment and precisely distributing coolant fluid to where it is needed in the server / rack .
Delivering up to 1MW of cooling capacity based on ASHRAE W2 or W3 facility water temperatures , Airedale ’ s CDU offers the same quality and high energy efficiency associated with other Airedale by Modine cooling solutions .
Developed with complete , intelligent cooling systems in mind , the CDU ’ s integrated controls communicate with the site building management system ( BMS ) and system controls , for optimal performance and reliability . The ability to network up to eight CDUs makes it a flexible and scalable solution , responsive to a wide range of high-density loads .
Manufactured with the highest quality materials and components , with N + 1 pump redundancy , the Airedale CDU is engineered to perform in the uptime-dependent world of the hyperscale and colocation global data centre markets .
Nokia has been selected by CoreWeave , an
AI hyperscaler , to deploy its IP routing and optical transport portfolios globally as part of an extensive backbone build-out , with immediate roll-out across its data centres in the US .
The Nokia solution provides features fundamental to the stringent and skyrocketing data demands of AI and ML workloads .
As requirements for Generative AI , ML , graphics and rendering ( VFX ) continue to grow , the Nokia IP and Optical portfolios , along with highperformance FP5 IP routing silicon , will provide the high programmability and customisation that allow the hyperscaler to evolve with changing traffic behaviours and growth .
Jim Julson , Director of Networking , CoreWeave , said : “ With the explosion of demand centred around the infrastructure required to meet these demands , Nokia has proven to be a critical partner and we have no doubt that as CoreWeave continues to scale , Nokia will be there to help facilitate a world-class cloud experience for all our customers .”
NOKIA SELECTED BY COREWEAVE TO PROVIDE NETWORKING BACKBONE BEHIND HYPERSCALE AI CLOUD
Vach Kompella , Senior Vice President and General Manager of IP Networks Business , Nokia , said : “ CoreWeave is at the forefront of innovation in unexplored territory . We are looking forward to deploying Nokia IP and optical platforms in CoreWeave ’ s backbone as it expands its network of data centres .”
CoreWeave ’ s IP backbone is being built with the FP5-based Nokia 7750 Service Router ( SR ). Optical transport and data centre interconnection across the WAN will leverage the Nokia 1830 Photonic Service Interconnect ( PSI ) solution .
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