Verne Global introduces cooling liquid to underground Finnish facility

UK and Nordic provider Verne Global has added liquid cooling to its underground Finnish data center campus in conjunction with Dell and Intel. Verne is now offering direct liquid cooling (DLC) for systems installed in the Rock data center, which occupies ex-military tunnels in the bedrock at Pori, some 200km from Helsinki.

Kim Gunnelius, managing director of Verne Global Finland in a blog, "The surge in AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing is amplifying the need for robust data center cooling solutions. At a time when increasing energy efficiency is paramount for most data center operators, the average data center commits 40 percent of its energy consumption to cooling its infrastructure.”

She added, “The network demands of the AI models also require a significantly higher level of computational density, putting further strains on conventional air-cooling technologies. As a result, liquid cooling is quickly gaining traction in the market."