AI data centre saving the cooling conundrum without wasting water
DUG Technology CEO Matt Lamont has pioneered an oil-immersion cooling system for data centers to improve energy and water efficiency. The company, which started in a backyard shed, now provides high-performance computing for seismic processing.
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As AI and data processing demand more power, innovative cooling solutions are essential for reducing the environmental footprint of data centers.
DUG Technology CEO Matt Lamont inside his Perth data centre. He says adopting oil immersion to keep the computers cool has led to big savings in power and water costs. Philip Gostelow Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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Share A A A There’s Bubba in the US, Bodhi in Malaysia, Bazza in London and Bruce back home in Australia. Nobody can say high-tech entrepreneur Matt Lamont is orthodox when it comes to naming his DUG data centres , one part of a global technology business that began in an unorthodox way in a shed he built in his own family backyard in Perth.
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