The U.S. Department of Energy has announced $40 million to enhance the cooling efficiency of data centers.
According to a DOE press release, U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm shared more about how the department continues to strive for clean energy.
"DOE is funding projects that will ensure the continued operation of these facilities while reducing the associated carbon emissions to beat climate change and reach our clean energy future," Granholm said.
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a funding initiative of $40 million on May 9. The program aims to support 15 projects focused on creating advanced cooling solutions for data centers, which are critical for housing computer equipment and infrastructure.
"Climate change, including severe weather events, threatens the functionality of data centers that are critical to connecting computing and network infrastructure that power our everyday lives," Granholm said.
These centers currently consume approximately 2% of the total electricity in the United States. Notably, cooling operations within data centers alone can contribute up to 40% of their overall energy consumption.
"DOE is funding projects that will ensure the continued operation of these facilities while reducing the associated carbon emissions to beat climate change and reach our clean energy future," Granholm said.
Furthermore, initiatives such as ARPA-E's COOLERCHIPS program will fund 15 projects across various institutions to develop energy-efficient cooling solutions for data centers, aiming to reduce energy consumption.
The COOLERCHIPS program, an initiative by the DOE's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), has identified multiple projects dedicated to reducing energy usage in data center cooling. The program aims to support 15 chosen projects across national laboratories, universities, and businesses. These projects will focus on enhancing energy efficiency by creating advanced cooling solutions specifically designed for data centers. The acronym COOLERCHIPS stands for Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability, and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information Processing Systems.
