http://gigaom.com/cleantech/google-to-switch-on-worlds-first-seawater-cooled-data-center-this-fall/
Tremendously cool. Sounds as though they're filtering the water into a heat exchanger that (likely?) pumps some other fluid to the servers to keep them cool. I can only guess at the details of course.
How'd you like to leak test that mess? I would love to know some details like what they're using for the coolant itself and what sort of setup it is. I rather doubt that they're watercooling the chips directly, more likely that they're pumping server room air through radiators to keep ambient temperatures down.
Still very interesting though.
Tremendously cool. Sounds as though they're filtering the water into a heat exchanger that (likely?) pumps some other fluid to the servers to keep them cool. I can only guess at the details of course.
How'd you like to leak test that mess? I would love to know some details like what they're using for the coolant itself and what sort of setup it is. I rather doubt that they're watercooling the chips directly, more likely that they're pumping server room air through radiators to keep ambient temperatures down.
Still very interesting though.
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One thing that really helps them out with this system is that the water temp up there is really cold to start with, making this system much more efficient. Although cooling by heat exchanger isn't new, it probably is new to cooling a data center and it should be extremely efficient compared to phase or evaporative cooling. After all, it's just pumps that aren't having to buck any significant pressure, but rather just circulate water.
Sorry I thread-jacked the op though!! That is a nice article that was linked no doubt! I am just a kinesthetic person and was checking out Google's Youtube channel recently and watched the first video I linked.
