• 2026,  Research Notes

    What’s Cool About Data Center Cooling

    Image: CC0 1.0 Universal Artificial intelligence is changing the conversation around data center infrastructure deployment. The industry often focuses on compute performance, networking bandwidth, and storage capacity, but cooling deserves the same attention. Every new generation of AI accelerators consumes more power, packs more transistors into the same footprint, and generates more heat. Simply stated, innovation in thermal management is critical to scale the future of AI infrastructure. Cooling continues to represent one of the most important technologies in the modern data center. It directly influences performance, reliability, operational costs, and sustainability. Solving thermal challenges will unlock the true potential of massive AI clustering, so let’s dive into three considerations.…