Liquid Cooling: AWS's Next-Gen AI Infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is pushing the boundaries of data center innovation once again. At the 2024 re:Invent conference, the tech giant unveiled a groundbreaking shift toward liquid cooling for its AI servers and other high-performance computing workloads. This strategic move is poised to significantly enhance energy efficiency, performance, and scalability in the era of artificial intelligence. Why Liquid Cooling? Traditional air-cooling systems, while effective for general-purpose servers, struggle to keep pace with the escalating thermal demands of AI workloads. Liquid cooling, on the other hand, offers a more efficient and sustainable solution. By directly transferring heat from the server components to a liquid coolant, liquid cooling systems can handle significantly higher power densities and maintain optimal operating temperatures. AWS's Liquid-Cooled Infrastructure Trainium2 and NVIDIA GB200 NVL72: AWS will leverage liquid cooling for its custom-designed Trainium2 chips and…
