Cooling the AI surge: building sustainable liquid-cooled data centres for next-gen workloads
By Steven Santini, Secure Power Vice President, Schneider Electric Sub-Saharan Africa • Rising AI workloads are pushing rack densities far beyond the Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today |..
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The increasing demand from AI workloads is pushing data centres beyond the capabilities of traditional air cooling, necessitating the adoption of liquid cooling for energy efficiency and performance.
- Direct to chip liquid cooling is up to 3,000 times more effective than air cooling, potentially reducing energy use by 30-60%.
- Schneider Electric, represented by Steven Santini, Vice President, Secure Power for Sub-Saharan Africa, highlights the critical role of liquid cooling in future-ready data centres.
- Data centres could account for 3% of global electricity consumption by 2030, with AI driving significant growth in heat generation and energy demand.
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