The first liquid-cooled data server has been installed in an Australian commercial building, modelling a future in which landlordsadapt unused space to offer clients edge data centre services – and get free hot water.
Privately owned ResetData has installed two 100-kilowatt pods in Investa’s 151 Clarence Street tower in Sydney and will use the basement as a showroom for clients to cool server racks by immersing them in liquid, rather than the standard practice of air-cooling data centres.
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