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Lecture

Energy-Efficient Data Centers

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This lecture discusses the challenges of energy consumption in data centers, focusing on the unsustainable trends and the need for energy-efficient solutions. It covers the development of energy-scalable server architectures, innovative cooling technologies, and a multi-objective controller for geo-distributed data centers. The approach involves system-level energy-efficient integration, ultra-adaptive server technology, and a revolutionary energy-free mini-thermosyphon cooling system. The lecture also highlights the industrial impact of rack management and smart power distribution units, emphasizing the importance of energy-efficient data centers for the Swiss economy. Key outcomes include significant energy savings, improved performance, and cost reductions.

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A cooling tower is a device that rejects waste heat to the atmosphere through the cooling of a coolant stream, usually a water stream, to a lower temperature. Cooling towers may either use the evaporation of water to remove process heat and cool the working fluid to near the wet-bulb air temperature or, in the case of dry cooling towers, rely solely on air to cool the working fluid to near the dry-bulb air temperature using radiators.

Water cooling

Water cooling is a method of heat removal from components and industrial equipment. Evaporative cooling using water is often more efficient than air cooling. Water is inexpensive and non-toxic; however, it can contain impurities and cause corrosion. Water cooling is commonly used for cooling automobile internal combustion engines and power stations. Water coolers utilising convective heat transfer are used inside high-end personal computers to lower the temperature of CPUs and other components.

Radiative cooling

In the study of heat transfer, radiative cooling is the process by which a body loses heat by thermal radiation. As Planck's law describes, every physical body spontaneously and continuously emits electromagnetic radiation. Radiative cooling has been applied in various contexts throughout human history, including ice making in India and Iran, heat shields for spacecraft, and in architecture. In 2014, a scientific breakthrough in the use of photonic metamaterials made daytime radiative cooling possible.

Computer cooling

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Cooling

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