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Cooling

Explore technical publications on data centre cooling systems, thermal loads and operating conditions. Review air and liquid approaches, energy use and operational requirements within each source’s scope.

Sources: 339
Downloadable PDFs: 92
Years: 2006–2026

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Open Compute Project Foundation 2026

Whitepaper: Thermal Boundaries in AI Infrastructure - Matching cooling technologies to compute through the power inflection, Version 1.00 (October 2026)

Choose cooling architecture against target rack power and each method's usable envelope: a 45 kW air ceiling (60-80 kW with rear doors), 120-250 kW class cold-plate racks, and the paper's anchor values for announced 600 kW-class racks.

Practical air-cooled rack ceiling is taken as 45 kW, extendable to about 60-80 kW with rear-door heat exchangers.

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The Green Grid 2011

WP#35 - Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE): A Green Grid Data Center Sustainability Metric

In the water module, compute WUE_site = annual make-up + humidification water (L) / IT kWh from the hourly cooling model (evaporation ~ heat rejected, cycles of concentration for blowdown).

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The Green Grid 2023

WP#91 Liquid Cooling TCO tool Handbook (English)

Take the structure of the app's air-vs-liquid TCO comparison from this document: capex, energy, water, space and maintenance by solution category.

Published 2023 by the Liquid Cooling Standing Work Group.

Liquid cooling Cooling Energy

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