IBM's Water Cooled Aquasar Technology Reduces Carbon Footprint
IBM has developed a water cooled supercomputer that uses the extracted heat to heat a building. Normally A/C is needed to remove the excess heat to prevent damage to computer systems.
The A/C to remove heat can use almost as much or more energy than that used to power the computers ... resulting in lots of wasted energy and extra carbon footprint What a waste !!
" ... Aquasar, consumes up to 40 percent less energy than a comparable air-cooled machine. ... carbon footprint is reduced by up to 85 percent."
" ... micro-channel liquid coolers which are attached directly to the processors, where most heat is generated. ..."
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Via: IBM LINK
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