Intel to build elaborate 'mega-lab' to trial new cooling technologies

Date:
Fri, 20 May 2022 20:24:10 +0000

Description:
Intel to spend $700m on new immersion cooling focused lab.

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Intel is set to pump $700 millioninto a new mega-lab focused on building next-generation immersion liquid cooling technology.

The 200,000-square-foot building will begin construction later this yearat
the companys Jones Farm campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, with its opening
expected in late 2023.

Immersion coolingenables servers and other computing components to be submerged in dielectric liquid, which makes expensive data centre air conditioning unnecessary. What will the lab do?

Aside from immersion cooling, the lab will also conduct research into water usage effectiveness and heat recapture and reuse

In addition, Intel said the lab will work on qualifying, testing and enabling Intels portfolio of data center and dedicated hosting products including
Intel Xeon, Intel Optane, network interfaces and switch gear, Intel Agilex FPGAs, Xearchitecture, Habana accelerators and other future products under development.

The new lab will also host an "advanced technology showcase" for customers
and partners to observe and test Intel products in a variety of data center environments in the lab.

In addition, Intel has also released an open intellectual property (open IP) immersion liquid cooling solution and reference design

Intel said the design will allow partners to accelerate the introduction of Intel solutions in response to the trend of increasing data center power density.

The initial solution and design proof of concept will be completed in partnership with Intel Taiwan and implemented across the Taiwanese ecosystem in a phased approach, with plans to scale out globally. Read More

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Data center sustainability continues to be a pertinent issue.

Data centers represent approximately 1% of the global electricity demand and account for about 0.3% of global carbon emissions according to Intels own staistics.

Fuelled by growth during the Covid-19 pandemic, data center revenue will reportedly touch $948 billion by the end of the decade, according to
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