Here, Google pumps in sea water from the adjacent harbor to cool the data center’s servers. The subsequently warmed water is collected in pipes and its recovered heat is donated to both Google ...

Most data centers are cooled by blowing chilled air through their servers. The problem is, air is a pretty inefficient way to ...

Time to rethink. As data centers embrace racks of servers and closely packed blade servers, which kick off more heat per square foot than individual servers, liquids may be the only way to keep up.