Episode 25 - Chill Off 2: Clustered Systems Cold Plate Rack, BitFridge

In this episode, Dean Nelson interviews Phil Hughes, CEO of clustered systems. This is a follow up to episode 3 where Dean introduced Phil's cold plate concept and challenges him to prove it's potential. Phil's team built this new rack to participate in the chill off 2. 36 servers in one standard sized rack with refrigernant cooling and no fans in the servers. Explore the rack that Dean dubbed the "bit fridge".

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• CO2
• clustered systems
• emerson
• bitfridge
• liebert
• knuerr
• bit fridge
• phil hughes
• dean nelson
• dcp
• data center pulse
• svlg
• chill off

[SuperUnic0rn]

@TravisNorth1

ridiculous*

[TravisNorth1]

OMG, really, coming from an ex IT thermal engineer this is rediculous. Why don't you tell everyone the actual thermal resistance and power supported by your device versus an air cooled heatsink. What you'll find is that air is more cost efficient, less risk, and if done properly with heatpipes (which are two phase heat transfer) have a better thermal resistance. By the way why don't you tell everyone what your pressure drop is through the cold plate. Dean you should really do your research..

[boomertsfx]

hey you just Bob Vila'ed his "compliant thermal interface" 8)

[Oofloom]

I just watched a video on server cooling. I feel geekier than ever.