Rethinking Thermal Management for High-Density Data Centers
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Summary
Data center power capacity is projected to exceed 90 GW by 2030. As demand for AI-driven computing power accelerates, facility development has been challenged by evolving land and grid constraints. Many industry leaders are reimagining traditional plant layouts and infrastructure as they strive to deliver more capacity within less square footage.
Overcoming these complex power density and space challenges require purpose-built cooling infrastructures that can handle high-density cooling loads without adding operational complexity. As a result, the need to simultaneously meet these competing demands and support the future of AI computing environments is fundamentally shifting how cooling systems are designed. Delivering a 20% higher cooling capacity density compared to other available solutions, the next generation of air-cooled thermal management technologies are engineered to help data center operators accelerate growth, maximize space and scale with confidence.
Through this webchat, listeners will learn:
• How to address data center challenges associated with space constraints, cooling capacity density and operational simplicity through a unified thermal management ecosystem strategy.
• How operators are approaching thermal management strategy as computing densities continue to increase.
• How innovations in cooling technology enhance equipment performance while reducing overall footprint, which also simplifies logistics and installation to accelerate deployment.
• How a lifecycle approach to cooling infrastructure design can reduce operational complexities while driving uptime.
Speakers
Rob Tanner
Director of Marketing, Applied Equipment
Johnson Controls
Rob Tanner is the Director of Marketing, for Applied Equipment, at Johnson Controls located in York, Pennsylvania. Rob has more than 30 years of experience in the sale, application, design, installation, service, and marketing of commercial HVAC products and technologies. Before joining Johnson Controls, Rob was an MEP consulting engineer and co-owner of a design-build mechanical contracting company. Rob received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Education & Organizational Development from the Pennsylvania State University.
Zech Barton
Product Manager, Air-Cooled Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chillers
Johnson Controls
Zech Barton is Product Manager for Air-Cooled Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Chillers at Johnson Controls. He has 10 years of experience in the sales, application and design of commercial HVAC products and technologies. Prior to serving as strategic lead for YVAM and YDAM, he led development of Johnson Controls air-cooled screw chillers for data center applications and spent seven years in field engineering roles supporting hyperscale and colocation data center designs. Barton studied Applied Physics at Millersville University.
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