As AI chips consume more power (up to 1,200 watts for Nvidiaโs newest GPUs) liquid cooling has become the norm. But the most experimental solution is two-phase immersion cooling, where entire servers are submerged in specialized fluids that boil at 43 degrees Celsius. Companies like Chemours have developed proprietary dielectric fluids that absorb heat through phase change without increasing temperature, offering far greater cooling efficiency than static liquids while eliminating energy-intensive chillers. China has deployed underwater data centers (literally in the ocean) using similar principles, saving 122 million kilowatt hours annually. However, the specialized fluids remain expensive and prone to evaporation. With chips projected to reach 5,000 watts within two years, liquid cooling has become essential for AIโs future. Footage source: Chemours, Allied Control, Gigabyte, and Danny Winget
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Ah yes. Heat the oceans directly.
So instead of mowing down the forest and sucking our rivers dry, we mow down the reefs on the sea floor instead.
Do we really need more AI? I heard a bright future for all but am only seeing that the "all" seem to be yacht club members.
Why not use that vapor to turn a turbine or steam engine, regaining some wasted power
At 5,000W per chip, power infrastructure becomes the real constraint. Nuclear baseload + next-gen cooling is the play. Abu Dhabi's Barakah-adjacent builds look strategic.
Remember IBM submerging Josephson circuitss in liquid nitrogen so electrical resistance would be zero?
This seems like a lot of effort for some Ai memes
Amazing tech. I experimented with mineral-oil cooling a couple of years ago, which is not as elegant as these boiling convection systems, but fun to dabble in nonetheless.
never thought a game as far fetched as Rain World would actually slowly predict the future
How to fry 8 000 000 000+ people at same time:
All this for AI to tell me to walk to the car wash because it's too close to take my car...
I doubt they will hit 5kw each, maybe on APU style chips, but for the most part Rubin seems focused on efficiency, also for the most part air cooling has less maintenance and works fine, because of existing infrastructure mostly being air cooled for quite a while it seems like Air cooling will remain dominant.
This is not going to end well for many.
Weโre gonna have personal nuclear PSUโs soon ๐ฎ
Thatโs cool! I never get to see videos about AI hardware, I only see videos about AI software. Thanks for that!
Use it for home heating, creating electricity etc. place individual ones heat exhaust area directly to homes, offices, hospitals etc.
Very interesting indeed. This is one among the Phase changing materials I presume. A little more of a thought. With these fluids can one actually try and run a regenerative cycle and power a turbine?
Elon Musk: AI is dangerous, this will not end well! AI innovators: Lets buuld moooore
AI: Requires itโs own powerplant and a whole river for cooling. Human: Runs on 3 meals a day and 2 liters of water. Can be cooled with icecream.
can't wait for the next carrington event. i just hope we are fully digital by then