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AI services consume energy – how can the industry drive sustainability

Are AI and other advanced digital services environmental villains or climate heroes? On the one hand, they can help increase sustainability, but at the same time, the data centres that power them require large amounts of energy an…
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Explore the possibilities of data in the ICE data center

Never before in history has so much data been available. This provides enormous opportunities for those who know how to use or process this data and with access to the necessary technology. The data centre ICE is run by …

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Energy efficient data centres

In general, data centre operators want to see most of their power purchases being used by the IT-equipment, and not being spent to operate cooling equipment, and other facility equipment. To measure this, the metric PUE (power usa…
Expertise

Data centre cooling

To achieve the most efficient data center operation, thermal control is at utter significance.
Expertise

Low temperature excess heat

Many industrial processes have excess heat. It can be waste heat from paper, steel or chemical industries, but also from electrolysers and data centers. By creating connecting processes that have a heat surplus with processes that…
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A research datacenter that can handle projects and testing in all parts of the stack from the ground to the cloud. It addresses utility infrastructures, datacenter buildings, cooling, IT server hardware and software, automation as…
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Generative AI must run using liquid cooling!
2024-01-08
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Tor Björn Minde

Generative AI must run using liquid cooling!

Optimal performance of Generative AI necessitates the implementation of liquid cooling!  In two preceding blog entries, we delved into the challenges and substantial energy consumption associated with training and utilizing e…
Generative AI does not run on thin air!
2023-10-08
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Tor Björn Minde

Generative AI does not run on thin air!

In a previous blog post, we posed the question, "Does generative AI run on thin air?" and discussed the associated challenges and strategies for mitigating energy use. We even put this question to ChatGPT, and it couldn't provide …
Edge. What is the big deal?
2023-09-20
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Tor Björn Minde

Edge. What is the big deal?

In today's digital landscape, technological advancements are reshaping the way we communicate. One of the most groundbreaking developments is deployment of 5G and in the future 6G. These next-generation networks are not just about…
Does generative AI run on thin air?
2023-08-21
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Tor Björn Minde

Does generative AI run on thin air?

Have you tried asking ChatGPT how much energy it uses to train itself? It answers “As an AI language model, I don't have direct information about the specific energy use involved in training me."
It will not explode
2023-08-07
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Tor Björn Minde

It will not explode

Let’s take a peek into the future of how much energy data centers in Sweden will use by 2030? The report "Energy Use in Data Centers and Digital System", written by us at RISE data center ICE, was recently released for the Swedish…
A drop in the bucket
2023-05-15
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Tor Björn Minde

A drop in the bucket

How much energy do data centers in Sweden use then? The report "Energy Use in Data Centers and Digital System", written by us at RISE data center ICE, was recently released for the Swedish Energy Agency. Here we figure out how muc…
The cloud resides in a data center on Earth
2023-04-24
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Tor Björn Minde

The cloud resides in a data center on Earth

Do we need data centers when we have the cloud? The report "Energy Use in Data Centers and Digital System", written by us at RISE data center ICE, was recently released for the Swedish Energy Agency. Here we figure out how and whe…
This is how data centers work—in your everyday life!
2023-04-11
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Tor Björn Minde

This is how data centers work—in your everyday life!

Why are data centers important? The report "Energy Use in Data Centers and Digital System", written by us at RISE data center ICE, was recently released for the Swedish Energy Agency. Here we find out how a data center is structur…
A one-hour shutdown of all data centers creates chaos
2023-04-03
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Tor Björn Minde

A one-hour shutdown of all data centers creates chaos

We need to put data center energy use in a better light. The report "Energy Use in Data Centers and Digital System", written by us at RISE data center ICE, was recently released by the Swedish Energy Agency. Is the energy use in d…