Electronics360: "AI data centers are overheating traditional cooling models"

I didn't see (that I recognized) any discussion about direct contact by some sort of pumped dielectric fluid. Is such being considered?

@Lehman57 Thanks for reading!

So I did not look into this aspect of cooling in data centers. We have another piece coming up about other types of cooling for data centers coming up but I'm not sure it includes this either. It might be a good topic I will look into.

Peter

Another possible use: Could the heat be harvested for use in heating buildings--or whatever? Probably now impractical because the data centers may be in remote locations. But what if they were in urban areas?

It's very hard to get any useful energy from "low quality" (lowish temp) heat. If you have any ideas, you can become very wealthy.

Here is the perfect solution, the "EndoThermic Steam Engine" (search term in quotes) a device that converts ambient heat into mechanical power, with COLD as it's only "waste product":
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The low-grade heat from data centers could be used for district heating. The trouble would be how to reject the heat during periods of low demand, e.g. summer months.