Fabric8 3D-prints pure copper cold plates that reduce the energy required to cool data centers by 50X
"pure copper high thermal conductivity (398 W/m·K) but 3D printers use lasers to melt copper powder into complex, microscopic fins facilitating cooling but often results in fragile, porous parts... overcome growing copper at atomic level from liquid solution; algorithm evolves cooling fins' shape finding maximum heat dissipation/ minimum fluid resistance balance providing 32% better cooling performance... significantly reduced pumping energy need... 1-GW data center would require only 11 MW for cooling"
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