Prof. WANG Shengwei, Director of the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy (RISE), was featured in EurekAlert, ScienMag, Life Technology and ScienceDaily for his co-authored research paper “The global energy impact of raising the space temperature for high-temperature data centers” which was recently published in Cell Reports Physical Science.
Prof. Wang said that the cooling systems of data centres account for over one-third of the centres’ total energy consumption, and there is need to redesign the servers to operate at higher temperatures. The study found that keeping the centres at 41°C or 105°F, defined by them as “global free cooling temperature”, could facilitate the free cooling of data centers worldwide, saving up to 56% of cooling costs worldwide. The study also proposed new temperature guidelines that may help develop and manage more efficient data centres and IT servers in the future.
Online coverage:
EurekAlerk – https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1004431
ScienMag – https://scienmag.com/how-to-build-greener-data-centers-scientists-say-crank-up-the-heat/
Life Technology – https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-technology-news/how-to-build-greener-data-centers-scientists-say-crank-up-the-heat
ScienceDaily – https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/10/231018115610.htm
Read the full paper:
Cell Reports Physical Science - https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/fulltext/S2666-3864(23)00444-7
| Research Units | Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy |
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