Introduction Electronics thermal management has become an increasingly important design focus as devices have become more constrained, more powerful, more expensive and more ubiquitous. To manage temperatures, particularly in mobile devices, thermal engineers typically use higher thermal conductivity components and materials. Electrical engineers strive to spatially … [Read more...]
ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9: Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces, and Electronic Equipment
Nomenclature A1, A2, A3, A4 ASHRAE allowable thermal envelopes as defined in Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments that represent where IT manufacturers test equipment to ensure functionality ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate CITE ASHRAE Compliance for IT … [Read more...]
Immersion Cooling: The Age of Efficient Data Centers has Begun
The global data center market is expected to reach revenues of about $174 billion by 2023, according to experts’ forecasts (source: Data Center Market - Global Outlook and Forecast 2018-2023). The fast-paced growth of Deep Learning, Machine Learning, IoT, Smart City, AI, and Blockchain is responsible for the rapid expansion witnessed by data centers and High-Performance … [Read more...]
3D Printing Allows for Complex, High Surface Area Geometries Optimized for Convection Cooling
3D printing is growing rapidly and has shown the potential to disrupt the manufacturing industry. Like many emerging technologies, initial adoption is being driven by the highest value markets including biomedical and aerospace, where 3D printing for end use parts is now being implemented at commercial scale. Moreover, as 3D printer costs fall and capabilities continue to … [Read more...]
Energy Breakdown and Multi-Level Thermal Management in Data Centers
Steadily increasing demand for data storage from processing applications and online websites has contributed to increased data center power consumption for more than a decade [1]. For example, the worldwide power consumption of data centers in the year 2005 was twice that of the consumption in the year 2000. By 2010 this increased by a further 56% to constitute 1.3% of global … [Read more...]
