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ECTC 2014
Achieving optimal data center cooling efficiency requires effective water cooling of high-heat-density components, coupled with optimal warmer water temperatures and the correct order of water preheating from any air-cooled components. The Summit and Sierra supercomputers implemented efficient cooling by using high-performance cold plates to directly water-cool all central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) processors with warm inlet water. Cost performance was maximized by directly air-cooling the 10% to 15% of the compute drawer heat load generated by the lowest heat density components. For the Summit system, a rear-door heat exchanger allowed zero net heat load to air; the overall system efficiency was optimized by using the preheated water from the heat exchanger as an input to cool the higher power CPUs and GPUs.
Fuad E. Doany, Daniel M. Kuchta, et al.
ECTC 2014
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ITC 2017
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APEC 2018
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