Source: https://www.networkworld.com

AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing are creating cooling challenges for data center owners and operators. As rack densities increase and temperatures rise, more data centers are finding ways to add liquid cooling to their facilities.

Growing adoption of artificial intelligence and other power-intensive workloads, along with regulatory pressure to reduce energy consumption, is driving a slow but steady transition to liquid cooling in data centers.

Today, 22% of data centers are using liquid cooling, according to IDC analyst Sean Graham. A decade of growth is anticipated: The global data center liquid cooling market was estimated at $2 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 15% between 2023 and 2032, according to Global Market Insights.

Reasons for the spike in interest include:

Data centers are energy hogs: According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), data center electricity consumption in the U.S. is expected to increase from around 200 TWh in 2022, which is approximately 4% of the country’s electricity demand, to almost 260 TWh in 2026, when it will account for 6% of total electricity demand.

Cooling accounts for a sizeable portion of energy use: Cooling requirements account for 40% of a data center’s electricity demand, according to the IEA.

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