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Warm Water Flowed Through Supercomputers to Cool Down Their Heat

Posted April 16, 2010 10:52 AM

From Scientific American:

Today's supercomputers run hot, thanks to power-hungry microprocessors that enable sophisticated scientific research and complex financial transactions to be performed in the blink of an eye. As these microprocessors have become smaller and more powerful over time , they are generating even more heat, a problem that data centers generally address expensively with air conditioning and chilled-liquid cooling systems.

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Re: Warm Water Flowed Through Supercomputers to Cool Down Their Heat

04/17/2010 2:29 PM

So where do electronic components start to crap out? 140°F maybe? If so, and if your heat exchange surfaces have enough area, 100°F water should do a decent job of cooling. Sure, 40°F chilled water would also work, but it might produce moisture condensation elsewhere in the computer housing. Just put a big coaster under it.

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