The A Register
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The way that organisations plan, design and run a datacentre was already under pressure. AI has turned that pressure into a once-in-generation stress test, one that is inspiring a top-to-bottom rethink of what the datacentre does, how it does it, and where.
AI factories are inevitably power-hungry by design. Energy strategy – always important – becomes a first-order architectural decision. Strong frames this decision in two stages.
“If we’re talking huge amounts of power, the first thing you’ve got to consider is where you’re going to get that power from,” he says. “The second is what you’re going to do with the heat that comes off those platforms – and how you’re going to reuse it.”
HPE’s partnership with Danfoss is aimed squarely at that second question. The companies are combining HPE’s modular datacentres with Danfoss heat reuse technology to cut datacentre energy consumption and route excess heat into local heating systems. HPE’s modular facilities use direct liquid cooling to reduce overall energy consumption by 20 percent, while Danfoss heat reuse modules can capture that “waste” thermal energy and feed it into district heating networks or industrial applications.
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