Oil Cooling: Deep Fried, or Deep Energy Savings?

From ExtremeTech:

Enthusiasts have been using extreme cooling solutions for years, including water cooling loops, full submersion oil, and Peltier coolers. These setups have allowed DIY builders to run heavily overclocked systems without cooking their hardware, but have generally been been too esoteric to appeal to the enterprise worldDemand for data centers to pack more hardware into the same amount of space has increased the electrical and monetary cost for air cooling to the point that it is prohibitively expensive. This situation has encouraged some companies to explore alternatives, such as full submersion oil cooling and water cooling.

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