Data centers can be cooled down in environmentally friendly, energy efficient ways
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - 12:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Data centers housing thousands of computers have enabled proliferation of new cloud-based services. One problem is their aggregate electricity consumption. Servers in data centers use electricity and generate heat, which endanger reliability of the services provided unless cooling is arranged. Mikko Pervilä defends his dissertation on retrofit cooling techniques for data centers in December. His study includes calculations for minimum energy savings achievable with the techniques. Pervilä also built a greenhouse running on exhaust heat on top of a building on Kumpula Campus.