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Using Jet Engines to Cool Servers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yay-for-engineers dept.

rpmsci writes "The computer servers that fill huge data centers are producing more heat with every new generation of processors. It's a problem that's sending engineers on a search for cooling fans that are both small enough to fit inside ever-smaller server chassis and powerful enough to dispel increasing amounts of heat. At Hewlett-Packard, they've found one answer in an unexpected place: model jet airplanes."

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  1. Drat by hcdejong · · Score: 2, Interesting

    For a moment I thought they were using actual jet engines to cool the server, but noooooo, they had to go for boring ol' electric fans instead.

    [insert rant about misleading summary]