The Data Center Density Debate: Generational Change Brings Higher Densities (datacenterfrontier.com)

1sockchuck writes: Over the past decade, there have been repeated predictions of the imminent arrival of higher rack power densities. Yet extreme densities have remained focused in high performance computing. Now data center providers are beginning to adapt their designs for higher densities. One of these companies is Colovore, which is among a cliuster of companies adopting chilled-water cooling doors for their cabinets (LinkedIn is another). They say the move to higher densities is driven in part by a generational change in IT teams, as younger engineers are less worried about high-density strategies using water in the data center. "A lot of them grew up with PC gaming and water cooling right in their living room," said a Colovore executive.

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Re:How in the hell is this a DEBATE?

[mwvdlee]

How reliable is it, really? What happens if a pump breaks down in a high-density liquid cooled rack versus a breaking fan in a low-density air cooled rack?
How likely are those breakages? At the every least they are less than 100% reliable; they WILL break at some point. It might be perfectly fine, but a single PC at home does not scale to an entire datacenter of racks.