AMD, H-P, IBM, and Sun have joined forces to form The Green Grid, an industry response to growing problems with heat loads generated by high-density blade server installations.
A ComputerWorld package examines data center power challenges.
Sterling Network Services recently installed two new high-capacity chilled water lines for its Phoenix data center facility, a huge upgrade that gives it the largest cooling installation in a commercial building in Arizona.
Cooling vendors say the switch to liquid cooling products is inevitable as high-density blade server installations ratchet up power requirements and heat loads.