[SPONSORED GUEST ARTICLE] LUMI is a model for both world-class supercomputing and sustainability. It also embodies Europe’s rise on the global HPC scene in recent years. The AMD-powered, HPE-built system, ranked no. 3 on the new TOP500 list of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, also ranks no. 7 on the GREEN500 list of the most […]
Lenovo and Intel Partner for Sustainable HPC and AI at Imperial College London
May 16, 2023 by
London – May 16, 2023 — Imperial College London has signed a joint collaboration with Lenovo and Intel to deliver more sustainable High Performance Computing (HPC) as part of their central Research Computing Service (RCS). The agreement also creates a new ICICLE collaboration, in which Lenovo and Intel will support access to a range of long-term […]
@HPCpodcast: For Lower Costs and Carbon, Liquid Cooling’s Growing HPC Presence
May 12, 2023 by
Gone are the days when liquid cooling for HPC-class servers (and, for that matter, other types of servers and PCs) is thought of as risky. In fact, liquid cooling has been under development for decades — it goes back much farther than you might think. And now that the power required to cool HPC clusters and data centers has become so expensive and carbon-intensive, liquid cooling has become increasingly prevalent. Some HPC centers report liquid cooling has cut their electrical spending by more than 30 percent. These and related topics are the focus of this @HPCpodcast episode, sponsored by Lenovo. Shahin and Doug discuss liquid cooling as part of decarbonization and sustainability strategies. We cover everything from chilled doors to direct-to-chip, immersion cooling, vapor chambers, under-water data centers
Digital Realty Equips Paris Data Center with Liquid Cooling for HPC
May 11, 2023 by
PARIS, May 11, 2023 – Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions, today expanded its service offering to customers with a new high-performance computing (HPC)-capable data center in Paris, France. With the increased adoption of advanced, data-driven technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics, companies […]
Vivian Blanchard Named VP Hardware R&D at SiPearl
May 4, 2023 by
Maisons-Laffitte (France), May 4, 2023 – SiPearl, the company building the high-performance low-power microprocessor for exascale supercomputers in Europe, has announced the appointment of Vivian Blanchard as vice president hardware research & development. Previously serving as head of Atos’ ASIC Research & Development Department, he joined SiPearl to support the growth of the hardware R&D […]
@HPCpodcast: Former AWS Sustainability VP on the State of Decarbonization in HPC and IT
May 3, 2023 by
The growing imperative of ESG- and carbon-related issues in the HPC industry – and in IT generally – is the topic of this week’s @HPCpodcast episode (sponsored by Lenovo). Shahin and Doug speak with Adrian Cockcroft, an analyst colleague of Shahin’s at OrionX and former vice president of sustainability architecture at Amazon Web Services, where he helped customers apply sustainability practices to their businesses. The good news shared by Adrian is that Big Tech companies and IT in general are decarbonizing more effectively than had been expected a few years ago. Even as systems become denser and hotter, data centers increasingly are adopting renewable energy sources, liquid cooling and other measures that reduce usage of carbon-based energy sources. He tells us that on a per-watts basis, the IT industry has plateaued – though, of course, total watts consumed continues to climb.
KKR to Acquire CoolIT Systems
May 3, 2023 by
CALGARY, Alberta & NEW YORK– KKR investment firm and CoolIT Systems, a provider of scalable liquid cooling solutions for demanding computing environments, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which KKR will acquire CoolIT. The investment is intended to support the company’s ability to scale and serve its global customers across the data […]
Oregon Bill Would Penalize Data Centers for Failure to Meet Emissions Requirements Starting in 2027
March 30, 2023 by
A bill before the Oregon state legislature would penalize data centers for not meeting emissions standards starting in 2027 and could — if approved in Oregon and similar measures are adopted by other states — have significant implications for hyperscalers and HPC organizations with heavy electrical requirements. A story in yesterday’s The Oregonian reported that […]
LiquidStack Secures Series B Funding from Trane Technologies
March 22, 2023 by
BOSTON, March 22, 2023 — LiquidStack, maker of liquid immersion cooling solutions for data centers, has received an investment from Trane Technologies, a climate company. Trane Technologies, through its strategic brand Trane, is a sustainable heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) company and an infrastructure supplier to the data center industry. The investment will support […]
AWS Adopting HVO to Decarbonize Data Centers in Europe
March 20, 2023 by
March 20, 2023 — Amazon Web Services said today it has begun transitioning to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to power backup generators at its data centers in Europe, with sites in Ireland and Sweden among the first to make the switch. Backup generators are used at data centre sites to provide back up power in […]
