Schneider says hotter coolant can make AI datacenters less thirsty
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); Schneider has a commercial interest in that conclusion. It acquired a 75 percent controlling stake in liquid-cooling specialist Motivair in 2024 and said it intended to buy the remainder by 2028. For a facility of equivalent size, Schneider claims cooling towers can consume five to 20 times as much water as dry coolers.The first scenario uses air cooling.
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- ▪For a facility of equivalent size, Schneider claims cooling towers can consume five to 20 times as much water as dry coolers.The first scenario uses air cooling.
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