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随着这些先进系统推动能源消耗，管理这些系统的电力需求和它们产生的热量是必不可少的，也是具有挑战性。数据中心现在消耗了全球约1%的电力，到2030年，这一比例可能激增至8%，相当于10多亿美国家庭的能源使用量。
With these advanced systems driving up energy consumption, managing the power demands and the heat these systems generate is essential and challenging. Data centers now consume about 1% of the world’s electricity, and by 2030, some estimates suggest this could surge to 8%, equal to the energy use of over a billion US homes.
Rising Data Center Heat Challenges
以下是数据中心行业面临的五个挑战，以及该行业将如何发展以克服这些障碍：比传统应用程序更多的热量。
Here are five challenges the data center industry is facing and how the industry will evolve to overcome these hurdles:generate more heat than traditional applications.
结果是，在2025年及以后，寻找改善数据中心冷却的方法不仅仅是节省资金或减少碳排放。这也还将成为确保设施能够容纳人工智能而不过热的关键。
The result is that in 2025 and beyond, finding ways to improve data center cooling won’t simply be about saving money or reducing carbon emissions. It will also become critical for ensuring that facilities can accommodate AI without overheating.
Increased Adoption of Liquid Cooling
一种更有效地散热的方法是用液体冷却系统取代传统的空气冷却。这些可能包括浸没式冷却，它将设备覆盖在非导电液体中，这是一种非常高效但成本高昂的冷却方法，以及直接到芯片冷却，它直接从芯片传递热量。
One way to dissipate heat more effectively is to replace traditional air coolers with liquid cooling systems. These may include immersion cooling, which covers equipment in non-conductive liquid, an extremely efficient – but costly – cooling method, and direct-to-chip cooling, which transfers heat directly from chips.
