3D-Printed Copper Plates Could Cut Data Center Cooling Energy Use by 97%

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A recent report discusses innovative 3D-printed copper plates that could drastically reduce energy consumption for data center cooling by up to 97%. This technology concept addresses energy challenges linked to the burgeoning AI sector and emphasizes the need for future energy breakthroughs.

The artificial intelligence boom is creating an energy monster that the world is unprepared and unequipped to deal with. Providing enough energy to fuel the AI ambitions of the future as well as to support human demand and development will require advances in energy technologies that are as-yet undiscovered. “There’s no way to get there without a breakthrough,” Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of ChatGPT firm OpenAI, said at the 2024 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. More accurately, it will probably require several breakthroughs.…