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SC09: Mineral Oil Computing – The Coming Wave? PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 November 2009 00:00

OK, sure: liquid can hold and transfer way, way more heat than air – we all know that. But is dropping an entire rack of servers into what looks like an enormous deep fryer the right solution? The answer from the folks at Green Revolution Cooling is a resounding, “Yes!”

'Read More' to see our video interview with Green Revolution...

They claim that using their mineral oil submersion cooling solution cuts data center power consumption by a whopping 45% overall by eliminating system fans and data center cooling units. This isn’t just a technology demonstration; the company plans to sell their system to data centers large and small. Furthermore, they claim that they are seeing a wave of interest (ok, that’s the only liquid-based pun I’m going to use) from real customers – including some HPC heavyweights inTexas.

We spent a few minutes looking at their display and talking to Christiaan Best, Green Revolution Cooling Co-President and inventor. Watch the video to get a look at the soaker in action and hear the pitch.

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