Digital Realty Unveils Advanced High-Density Deployment Support for Liquid-to-Chip Cooling
On May 15, 2024, Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR) announced the global availability of its new liquid-to-chip cooling technology, an advanced solution for high-density deployment support. This innovative technology is particularly relevant for AI and data-intensive applications, offering direct liquid cooling (DLC) to customer infrastructures. The solution supports power densities from 30 to 150 kilowatts per rack and is available in 170 data centers globally, with further expansion plans. The new offering also aligns with Digital Realty's Private AI Exchange (AIPx) for enhanced data exchange options. Additionally, the partnership with Lenovo aims to facilitate the adoption of AI by enterprises, providing a flexible and efficient infrastructure to meet the rising demand for high-density, AI-driven workloads.
- Digital Realty introduces groundbreaking liquid-to-chip cooling technology.
- Advanced solution supports power densities from 30 to 150 kilowatts per rack.
- Available in 170 data centers globally, with plans for further expansion.
- Supports AI and data-intensive applications through direct liquid cooling (DLC).
- Aligned with Digital Realty's Private AI Exchange (AIPx) for enhanced data exchange.
- Partnership with Lenovo facilitates AI adoption across enterprises.
- Flexible and efficient deployment options within shared environments.
- Streamlined deployment process accelerates time-to-value for businesses.
- High initial costs associated with implementing liquid-to-chip cooling technology.
- Potential challenges in integrating DLC with existing infrastructure.
- immediate availability despite plans for future expansion.
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The introduction of liquid-to-chip cooling technology by Digital Realty represents a significant advancement in data center infrastructure. This technology directly cools chips using liquid, which is more efficient than traditional air-based cooling methods. The integration of such technology can handle high power densities ranging from
The collaboration with Lenovo and the endorsement by IDC Research Director Sean Graham highlight the strategic market positioning of Digital Realty's new offering. The data center colocation market is evolving rapidly, driven by the proliferation of AI and high-performance computing needs. By providing a solution that simplifies and accelerates the deployment of high-density racks, Digital Realty taps into a growing demand. This move can potentially attract a broad spectrum of enterprises seeking to minimize capital expenditures associated with building or retrofitting facilities to accommodate new technology. Additionally, the Private AI Exchange (AIPx) initiative aligns well with emerging trends, providing further value by facilitating efficient data exchanges within enhanced cooling environments. This strategic alignment is likely to strengthen Digital Realty's market position and broaden its customer base.
From a financial perspective, Digital Realty's rollout of advanced high-density deployment support through liquid-to-chip cooling technology could positively impact its revenue streams. The demand for high-density computing environments, especially in AI and HPC sectors, is on the rise. By offering a solution that reduces the need for extensive capital projects, Digital Realty can attract clients looking for cost-effective and scalable options. This can potentially lead to increased occupancy rates in their data centers and higher overall utilization of their existing infrastructure. However, it's essential to monitor how this technological shift translates to actual financial performance over the coming quarters. The long-term financial benefits will depend on the technology's adoption rate and the competitive landscape within the data center industry.
Solution available in 170 Digital Realty data centers globally
The new offering from Digital Realty, which builds upon the company's standardized high-density colocation offering, introduces direct liquid cooling (DLC), bringing liquid directly to customers' infrastructure, allowing for greater relevance and versatility in meeting emerging AI demand. This approach enables businesses to deploy high-density configurations within a shared environment, in close proximity to the cloud, as well as network and AI service providers, while accommodating the distinct needs of individual setups, providing additional flexibility to customers. Furthermore, Digital Realty's recently announced Private AI Exchange (AIPx) allows for new data exchange options in support of these DLC-enabled solutions.
Key highlights of Digital Realty's advanced high-density deployment support include the ability to leverage a wide range of mechanical solutions, such as rear door heat exchangers (RDHx) and DLC, enabling the efficient management of power densities ranging from 30 to 150 kilowatts per rack, and beyond. The combination of RDHx with DLC effectively doubles the power densities that can be supported, empowering businesses to tackle the escalating demands of modern IT infrastructure and accelerate the adoption of AI by enterprises, through private, cloud and hybrid solutions.
Digital Realty's solution is designed to be both flexible and accessible. Deployment options are available in more than half of Digital Realty's data centers worldwide, with plans to expand support to additional sites and to leverage existing infrastructure to meet emerging AI requirements.
"We're proud to align with our customers in evolving their infrastructure to support this cutting-edge liquid-to-chip technology, enabling them to land and expand their deployments efficiently and redefine what's possible in the digital age. With this cutting-edge liquid-to-chip cooling technology, we're not just setting a new standard for high-density deployment support, we're revolutionizing the digital infrastructure landscape," said Chris Sharp, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Realty.
"AI is revolutionizing nearly every aspect of every industry. By working with great partners like Digital Realty, we're helping enterprises of any size on their AI journeys. The Lenovo-Digital Realty partnership forms a critical cornerstone of the hybrid AI vision, enabling organizations to harness the full potential of emerging technologies to deliver innovation faster," said Scott Tease, Vice President and General Manager of HPC and AI for Lenovo ISG.
"Organizations are increasingly investing in generative AI and high-performance computing and need private, high-density environments. Digital Realty's HD Colocation offering is a strong response to the flourishing market need for high-density racks and presents an ideal solution to significantly accelerate time-to-value for these organizations, while avoiding the need for lengthy and costly capital projects to build or retrofit new capacity. This offering aligns with IDC's colocation provider recommendations for the gen AI market," said Sean Graham, IDC Research Director, Cloud to Edge Datacenter Trends.
The deployment process for this high-density solution is streamlined and efficient, drawing on Digital Realty's extensive experience in designing and delivering bespoke colocation solutions for customers, helping to accelerate time-to-value.
About Digital Realty
Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and X.
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