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Swimming Servers

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April 28, 2021 at 12:00 am

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 1

There aren't many types of fluids that have the behavior described in the article. They usually fall into the general category of "Refrigerant" and most of those are pretty nasty for the environment. The ones that aren't, are quite flammable. It would be interesting to know what they've actually used for this fluid.

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ratbak Ten Centuries Points: 1358 More actions · Answer 2

Based on To cool datacenter servers, Microsoft turns to boiling liquid => 3M Immersion cooling for data centers, it sounds like it's one of these: Fluorinert™ Electronic Liquids

trhorner Ten Centuries Points: 1075 More actions · Answer 3

Liquid cooled computers are not new (sort of). In the 1970's, the IBM 370 mainframes were water cooled. I saw the innards of one while on the data center raised floor and looking at the back of one of the CPU "boxes". You could see the "pipes" running through the boards.

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004340 More actions · Answer 4

ratbak wrote:

Based on To cool datacenter servers, Microsoft turns to boiling liquid => 3M Immersion cooling for data centers, it sounds like it's one of these: Fluorinert™ Electronic Liquids

From the 3M documentation on the product in those very pages...

As a perfluorocarbon (PFC), this product has a high global warming potential and a long atmospheric lifetime. As such, its use should be carefully managed to minimize emissions.

My take on it is that it's just not worth it. Find a different method than using either fluorocarbons or hydrocarbons for cooling.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

JRuss SSC Enthusiast Points: 149 More actions · Answer 5

"I think my limited, and often error prone, experience with home plumbing repairs has me scared."

True confessions! 🙂

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