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Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) opened its doors to Maryland government officials last month, demonstrating cutting-edge technologies at its global headquarters.

The heat data centers generate can be captured and repurposed to provide heating for nearby buildings or communities, Vikas Anand of Danfoss tells ES NEWS.

These new data centers are fundamentally different than the ones we were building just a few years ago, requiring different skills, materials, equipment, and plans. 

As data centers deploy new computing infrastructure to meet the needs of AI, the industry is awakening to the realization that the current grid may not be equipped to support growing requirements. 

In many data centers, water-cooled chillers are paired with an open- or closed-circuit cooling tower for heat rejection. Other options include dry coolers, hybrid fluid coolers, and adiabatic fluid coolers. 

As market demand for computing power increases (partly fueled by the virality of generative artificial intelligence), engineers are required to rethink data center design.

The recent and enthusiastic interest in two-phase, direct-to-chip cooling directly results from its dynamic ability to handle intense heat loads from high-power chips and its reliability compared to other liquid cooling methods.

Building owners, facility managers, and HVAC design engineers convince themselves that pharmaceutical and mission critical installations are very sophisticated and more complex than many health care applications and certainly more challenging to engineer, operate, and maintain than commercial buildings. But, that’s not the case. 

Preventing corrosion as part of routine maintenance can smooth the transition between primary and backup systems.