With thermal management such a critical part of modern operations, the effectiveness of cooling technology is being examined more closely than ever.
Where the boundaries between the chiller plant, the cooling distribution system, and the rack are becoming increasingly blurred, what were once treated as separate layers of data center infrastructure are now being designed as an interconnected cooling ecosystem.
This shift highlights the importance of understanding how proven and emerging technologies can be integrated to meet the demands of next-generation computing.
To explore this perspective, a recent DCD>Broadcast saw three industry experts examine cooling from different points in the stack.
Housing compute equipment directly integral to revenue generation, Bob Hicks, chief revenue officer at DDC Solutions, sees advanced rack containment enabling higher-density cooling while isolating IT assets, improving the efficient use of cooling resources and fundamental operational resilience properties.
