From NVIDIA: 2025-04-22 09:00:00

Traditional air cooling in data centers is becoming more challenging and costly due to the increasing size of AI models. Liquid cooling is emerging as a more efficient and scalable solution, with the NVIDIA GB200 and GB300 NVL72 systems leading the way for high-performance AI infrastructure.

Liquid cooling can significantly reduce energy consumption and costs in data centers by capturing heat directly at the source. The NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 system offers exceptional performance with 40x higher revenue potential, 30x higher throughput, and 300x more water efficiency than traditional air-cooled systems.

Data centers can save up to $4 million annually by deploying the liquid-cooled GB200 NVL72 system, leading to lower operational costs and enhanced energy efficiency metrics. This solution allows for efficient scaling of AI workloads without the unsustainable water footprint of legacy cooling methods.

As AI workloads increase, data centers must rethink how they remove heat from their infrastructure. Mechanical chillers, evaporative cooling, dry coolers, and pumped refrigerant systems are the main methods for cooling, each with its advantages depending on factors like climate and sustainability goals.

Optimizing data centers for AI infrastructure requires high-compute GPUs with fast communication capabilities like NVIDIA NVLink. Liquid cooling is essential for handling the thermal demands of high-performance GPUs, reducing reliance on energy-intensive air cooling and driving AI efficiency.

Cloud service providers are adopting liquid cooling solutions to increase compute power and reduce energy consumption. Innovations in cooling will be crucial to meeting the thermal management challenges of the post-Moore’s law era as AI continues to push the limits of computational scale.

NVIDIA is leading the transformation in cooling technology through initiatives like the COOLERCHIPS program, aiming to develop modular data centers with next-generation cooling systems. The industry is moving towards a more energy and water-efficient future by embracing high-density architectures and advanced liquid cooling solutions.



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