Recent results on cooling
Monday, May 03, 2010
11:54 AM
Recent results on cooling
Can save power in servers by designing to eliminate fans. 
Can save power in datacenters by designing airflow to eliminate hotspots. 
Can run hardware hotter without ill effects to increase efficiency of air conditioning (it's harder to pump heat into a hot environment)
Can even resort to "environmental remediation" (which is an inside joke of the power awareness people: "open the darn window!")