IBM’s Supercomputer is Cooled by Hot Water
Cooling down a super computer with hot water doesn’t sound like that is a cooling method at all does it. Well, unless the hot water you are using is cooler than the what is being cooled. That’s exactly what IBM has done in Switzerland with a Supercomputer it built for Aquaser.
The liquid cooled supercomputer was installed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich uses waste heat water left over from the heating system in the the buildings at the school. IBM claims the supercomputer uses about 40% less energy than a comparable air cooled machine.
IBM says the rig also has an 85% smaller carbon footprint than other comparable machines thanks to the liquid cooling method. In the heat exchange process the hot water that’s piped into the computer is at about 60C and when it comes out the temperature is about 65C.
via Geeky-Gadgets
