Trends don’t always follow the expected path (or timeline), but the basics remain the basics and increased cabinet density remains inevitable. Let’s revisit the progress of liquid in data center strategy and the tenets of a future-proof(ish) hybrid design for today.
Ten years ago in this very publication, I did something I never do. I went out on a limb and made a prediction. Actually, I went farther than that. I claimed to be “ahead of my time” and prognosticated with confidence that data centers would be adopting liquid cooling in the next few years and air cooling would be relegated to the junk heap of HVAC history.