Bell Labs, part of Nokia, received grants from the U.S. government to develop more energy-efficient data centers. A total of $2 million is being released for the research.
Data centers must become less of a burden on the climate, according to both Europe and America. Currently, data centers are known to have high energy consumption. This is due to the massive digitization of services and the ever-increasing cloud needs of companies.
Several companies are therefore experimenting with more environmentally friendly solutions. Bell Labs is keen to participate in this and claims to provide technology that enables “sustainable” growth and thus addresses the taxing factor.
Financial aid
The major goal Bell Labs may now bring to fruition with financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE). From the Department, on the one hand, the technology must significantly reduce energy needs. On the other hand, residual heat must be captured for use in heating and cooling applications.
According to Nokia, the researchers will, “Pursue a low-cost, passive two-phase cooling philosophy of ‘chip-to-room’ scale and redesign the computing infrastructure as a valuable, practical and cost-effective heat source.”
OPEN 2021 program
The U.S. DoE is still looking for other solutions to use energy sustainably. In total, the Department is handing out $175 million to 68 research and development projects that have solutions.
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