Immersion Cooling Drives Server Power Densities To Insane New Heights (datacenterfrontier.com)

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 27, 2015 @05:10AM from the or-maybe-depths dept.

1sockchuck writes: By immersing IT equipment in liquid coolant, a new data center is reaching extreme power densities of 250 kW per enclosure. At 40 megawatts, the data center is also taking immersion cooling to an entirely new scale, building on a much smaller proof-of-concept from a Hong Kong skyscraper. The facility is being built by Bitcoin specialist BitFury and reflects how the harsh economics of industrial mining have prompted cryptocurrency firms to focus on data center design to cut costs and boost power. But this type of radical energy efficiency may soon be key to America's effort to build an exascale computer and the increasingly extreme data-crunching requirements for cloud and analytics.

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Re:Voice from that hot and wet hole. by The-Ixian · 2015-10-27 05:42 · Score: 2, Insightful

The inherent value from some mineral from the ground is exactly zero too.
It is all about scarcity and the value we place on things.

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Re:Voice from that hot and wet hole. by ShanghaiBill · 2015-10-27 06:36 · Score: 2, Insightful

The inherent value from some mineral from the ground is exactly zero too.
Gold mining is a filthy business. It causes extensive erosion, silted creeks and rivers, and mercury poisoning. Bitcoin mining is far better for the environment, and most of the electricity used comes from clean and cheap hydro-power.