Cold vs. Warm Dark Shell Data Center
A warm dark shell and a cold dark shell represent two distinct stages in the development of modern data centers, and the distinction between them has become increasingly consequential as global jurisdictions tighten scrutiny around power consumption, environmental impact, and construction entitlements. Cold dark shell A cold dark shell is the most elemental form […]
5 Liquid Cooling Data Center Projects in 2026
1. Meta – New Albany, Ohio (Liquid‑Cooled AI Expansion) Meta’s 2026 New Albany expansion is its first U.S. campus designed from the ground up for direct‑to‑chip (DLC) liquid cooling as the default thermal architecture. The new AI hall uses warm‑water cooling loops (30–45°C supply) feeding high‑flow cold plates mounted directly on Blackwell‑generation GPUs, with facility‑scale […]
Establishing a Data Center Engineering and Design Group
A data center represents a significant investment in both capital and operational resources, designed to deliver high availability, concurrent maintainability, and future-proof scalability for mission-critical workloads. Establishing an effective engineering and design group to comprehensively design such a facility is a complex, multidisciplinary endeavor requiring careful coordination across technical domains, stakeholder interfaces, and project phases. […]
Data Center Infrastructure Outlook
Projected Trends and Capacity Allocations for Cloud, AI Training, and AI Inference Workloads (2025–2035) The next decade will be defined by more transformation in data center infrastructure, driven by the explosive growth of cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) training, and AI inference workloads. As digitalization accelerates across every sector, the demand for compute, storage, and […]
Data Centers and the Energy “Transition”
Comparative Synopsis: The challenge of decarbonizing the energy that supports data centers is now one of the most urgent and complex systemic puzzles facing the modern age. Two recently read works (Jean-Baptiste Fressoz’s More and More and More and Bill Gates’s How to Avoid a Climate Disaster) offer contrasting and complementary frameworks for understanding and […]
Dishwasher Analogy: How a GPU server (or data center) is like a dishwasher
GPU server racks are the industrial workhorses behind AI training, scientific simulations, and real-time analytics. To understand their operational footprint, especially in terms of water, power, and auxiliary systems, it helps to step into a more familiar setting: your kitchen. Let’s imagine a GPU rack as a high-end dishwasher. This could be the quiet, energy-efficient […]
Strategies to mitigate millisecond-scale high load oscillations: lessons from large industrial applied to AI workloads
Large industrial facilities such as aluminum smelting plants demand sustained, high-current power that can fluctuate rapidly and threaten grid stability. Managing the millisecond-scale power oscillations of large industrial loads and AI workloads requires a comprehensive strategy combining monitoring, grid-side damping, load-side conditioning, and operational coordination. Lessons from Alcoa’s smelting operations provide a blueprint. Adapting these […]
How do Data Center Investors Decide When and Where to Invest?
Investing your money can be extremely stressful and knowing exactly when to invest and which company to invest in can be even more so, especially since data centers may be a foreign industry to most. While many find investing to be a second nature those who might not have the time or patience to research […]
How do You Evaluate a Website?
How do you tell whether or not a website is going to be worth your while? How do you confirm that you are getting the best most reliable information possible? Or if you are designing a website of your own how do you make it the best possible site for your users? By checking off […]
Immersion Cooling
Immersion Cooling Immersion cooling is an advanced thermal management method that submerges computer hardware directly into a specially engineered, non-conductive liquid to keep it cool. Unlike traditional cooling systems that rely on air or liquid flowing through closed loops in pipes and heat sinks, immersion cooling works by allowing heat to transfer directly from electronic […]