Data Center Cooling News

Today's data center cooling and liquid-cooling headlines, refreshed daily — with our plain-English guides to how the technology works.

Latest headlines

• Geothermal and Data Centers
  Department of Energy (.gov) · Jul 29
• Prioritizing data center uptime with optimal cooling strategies
  Data Center Dynamics · Jul 29
• AI plus IP: Sophia Space and Caltech secure a patent for orbital data centers that use passive cooling
  GeekWire · Jul 30
• Google to use air-cooling at future Botetourt County data center
  WDBJ7 · Jul 23
• Vertiv Expands Global Manufacturing Capacity for AI-Ready Data Center Cooling Solutions
  PR Newswire · Jul 21
• Hillsboro approves data center moratorium
  Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB · Jul 28
• US data center electricity use could more than double by 2030: report
  Utility Dive · Jul 21
• Rising heat, humidity threatens cheaper AI data center cooling methods
  University of Hawaii System · Jul 13
• nVent Expands Data Center Liquid Cooling Capacity
  GlobeNewswire · Jul 31
• Meta’s Canadian AI Data Center: A New Model for Infrastructure and Energy Integration
  Data Center Frontier · Jul 29

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Background & context

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