International. A two-phase immersion cooling project that seeks to ensure the cooling of a new data center that will generate more than 40 MW of power is being built in the Republic of Georgia.
The project, known as 2PIC, will have a deployment of more efficient 16 and 28 nm application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), saving energy, reducing costs and meeting the carbon neutrality target.
"With 250 KW per rack, without having reached its limits, we have the ability to grow rapidly and decrease the cost of the cooling system over many generations of hardware," said Kar-Wing Lau, vice president of operations of Allied Control, the company that designed and created the project, which will use 3M Novec 7100 Engineered Fluid, an immersion refrigerant with a low GWP (Global Warming Potential) index.
The process works by immersing the hardware in a liquid with a very low boiling point. Once heated, the liquid will evaporate, pulling heat, then condenses and by dripping begins to fill the tank again. 3M claims it can reduce costs by 95%.
According to 3M, the EPA has identified traditional air cooling systems as the leading cause of inefficiency in data centers. Many of the benefits of immersion cooling are: Decreased energy consumption - PUE 1.01, reduced floor space requirements, compatible with existing infrastructures.
The company ensures that two-phase immersion cooling works up to 4000X times better than air cooling, and can work with any size and shape of electronic cards and components. And compared to mineral oil cooling, no recirculation pumps are required, and the electronic boards come out of the bathroom completely clean and dry.
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