Intel Data Center cooling technology can withstand high temperatures

Intel is telling its data center customers that they can increase the server temperature.

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Jay Kyathsandra, Intel marketing manager, says that by using new software and hardware, you can get a detailed picture of where the heat is and where it's not hot, and that the data center will be able to distribute the work to different computers to cool the computer down. Intel uses this method and is equipped with other technologies that will allow the technician to eventually adjust the temperature to 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7 degrees Celsius). This challenge can tell customers that Intel's approach is secure.

Keti Broderick Katie Broderick, an analyst at IDC, said: "For a long time, people just put data centers in the human environment, which is based on human reference standards, but servers can withstand more demanding environments." ”

For Intel, new technologies can be used to keep computer manufacturers loyal. Intel accounted for 90% of the server market and yesterday it cut its four-quarter forecast, with revenues falling to $1 billion, and Intel blamed the flooding in Thailand.

According to Intel's report, the average temperature of the data center is 9 degrees Fahrenheit, which can save up to $2.16 billion trillion in annual power costs, equivalent to one months of electricity consumption in Spain and South Africa.

Some companies start operating data centers in high temperature environments to save money. Intel wants to make the temperature higher. To demonstrate the advantages of the technology, Intel has tuned New Mexico's own data center temperature to 92 degrees Fahrenheit (33 degrees Celsius). This will save 67% of the power.

By Intel's approach, data centers do not require air-conditioning in more than 95% of the world's regions.

However, the server owners are still reluctant to use this cooling method, fearing that they will lose the machine warranty. To address this issue, Intel is revising its terms with Dell, NEC, and so on. Intel says the servers now being sold have been certified for high temperature operations.

Intel's software and hardware allows customers to monitor the power consumption of each server group, how much they do, and then strive to balance the server back to the most efficient level. Intel believes that the existing software can monitor workloads and energy consumption, but cannot be adjusted by managers at runtime.

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