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29 February 2012

Seven innovative ways to cool a scientific computer

As computer chips get smaller and faster, they’re getting hotter and hotter. Typically, almost 40% of a data center’s electricity bill is because of its cooling equipment.

To help reach the exaflop barrier and beyond, some data centers are investing in better cooling than current standard technology. We’ve taken a look at seven promising methods that will help scientific e-infrastructures stay cool.

Adrian Giordani
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Going public

The public release of data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's main instrument has affected the hundreds of researchers who use it – resulting in more and better science.

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Seamless global connectivity is important as it allows virtual communities of researchers to work together across continents as if they were on the same campus.

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Making Europe cloud active and cloud friendly

The conclusions of the SIENA European Roadmap on Distributed Computing Infrastructure were presented at the SIENA’s 4th Cloudscape meeting, last week.

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