Liquid cooling vs air cooling: the five key differences for data centers

The global demand for technologies such as AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud services is accelerating, and the efficiency of the cooling systems used in the data centers behind such technologies are becoming ever more important.

Today, data centers account for around 1.5% of worldwide electricity use: by 2030, technologies such as AI mean that the energy demands will double worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency.

Data centers can use as much as half of their total energy on their cooling systems, so the efficiency of such systems is becoming a vital consideration for any organizations using AI, HPC or cloud services.

The conventional approach to cooling data centres ...