In this webinar, Cliff Grossner and a panel of industry experts explore the future of powering and cooling large-scale AI clusters, focusing on the shift toward 250kW+ rack densities and the infrastructure innovations required to support them.
KEY TOPICS:
Power & Cooling Challenges: Insights into the limitations of current rack-level power and cooling systems, and the need for new strategies to manage power and thermal loads in high-density environments.
Two-Phase Cooling: Explanation of how two-phase cooling works, its benefits in thermal uniformity and efficiency, and the importance of proper system design to avoid performance degradation.
Technologies for Cooling and Powering 250kW Racks: Overview of emerging solutions such as advanced cold plates, two-phase cooling systems, and 400VDC power sidecars designed to support the increasing power requirements of AI accelerators.
Power Distribution Innovations: Exploration of new architectures like 400VDC power sidecars (Project Diablo) to meet increasing power demands while preserving IT gear space.
AI Clusters – How Big Is the Market Opportunity: Market insights from IDC showing exponential growth in GPU-accelerated infrastructure, with forecasts projecting $90 billion in spending by 2028.
Design & Safety Considerations: Discussion on the physical and regulatory challenges of scaling power infrastructure, including cable management, connector design, and ambient temperature effects.
Liquid and Liquid-to-Air: When Do We Expect Market Transitions to Occur?: Analysis of the shift from air to liquid cooling, including regulatory pressures, energy efficiency goals, and the role of standardization in accelerating adoption.
