Flexnode (Bethesda, MD) will develop a prefabricated, modularly designed data center that will leverage four key components and system-level technology advancements to cool more efficiently.Supported by DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), the following projects have been selected as part of the Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability, and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information Processing Systems ( COOLERCHIPS) program: “DOE is funding projects that will ensure the continued operation of these facilities while reducing the associated carbon emissions to beat climate change and reach our clean energy future.” “Climate change, including severe weather events, threatens the functionality of data centers that are critical to connecting computing and network infrastructure that power our everyday lives,” said U.S. These efforts will lower the operational carbon footprint associated with powering and cooling this critical infrastructure and support President Biden’s goals to reach net-zero carbon by 2050. The selected projects-located at national labs, universities, and businesses-seek to reduce the energy necessary to cool data centers. electricity consumption while data center cooling can account for up to 40% of data center energy usage overall. Used to house computers, storage systems, and computing infrastructure, data centers account for approximately 2% of total U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $40 million in funding for 15 projects that will develop high-performance, energy efficient cooling solutions for data centers.
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