Most enterprise data centers have gotten by just fine by air cooling their CPUs and servers, but AI is forcing IT to consider new cooling types, including liquid cooling. With power draws for CPUs hitting 400 watts and GPUs hitting 700 watts, air cooling is simply not sufficient for the extremely hot-running, power-hungry chips used in AI.
Today, 22% of data centers are using liquid cooling, according to IDC numbers. A decade of growth is anticipated, according to Global Market Insights, which projects the global data center liquid cooling market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 15% between 2023 and 2032. (See also: Pros and cons of air, liquid and geothermal cooling systems)
A new resource from Schneider Electric is aimed at helping enterprises evaluate liquid cooling technologies and their applications in modern data centers, particularly those handling high-density AI workloads.
