@HPCpodcast: Live from GTC 2025, Among the Crowds for the New AI Compute Landscape

In what is becoming an annual tradition for the @HPCpodcast, we present “Live from Nvidia GTC 2025,” covering highlights from the Nvidia extravaganza with an AI-everywhere theme.
We review the conference, discussing everything from ….

CoolIT Announces 4000W Liquid Cooling Coldplate

Calgary, AB, March 13, 2025— Liquid cooling company CoolIT Systems announced a 4000W-ready single-phase direct liquid cooling (DLC) coldplate – which the company said more than doubles the previously accepted limits of single-phase direct liquid cooling. “CoolIT continues to lead the industry in performance.  We are thrilled to show silicon leaders that single-phase DLC will continue […]

Vertiv Introduces Heat Rejection System for Hybrid Liquid and Air Cooling for AI and HPC

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a provider of digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, today made an addition to its thermal management portfolio, with the introduction of the Vertiv CoolLoop Trim Cooler, in support of air and liquid cooling applications for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing. This solution supports diverse climate conditions for hybrid-cooled or […]

@HPCpodcast: With Hyperion Research on the Big Trends Across HPC-AI, Quantum, Cloud, Optical, Storage and Interconnects

We dive into numbers coming out Hyperion’s latest HPC-AI market update, including the strong current and projected industry CAGRs, the state of quantum computing (including thoughts …

SoftBank, ZutaCore and Foxconn Join on Rack-Integrated Solution with Liquid Cooling for NVIDIA H200s

Feb. 28, 2025 — SoftBank Corp., ZutaCore and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) today announced that they implemented ZutaCore’s two-phase direct liquid cooling technology*1 in an AI server using NVIDIA accelerated computing. The companies said this is the first implementation*2 of ZutaCore’s two-phase DLC*1 using NVIDIA H200 GPUs. In addition, SoftBank designed and developed a rack-integrated […]

Data Center Cooling: Carrier Invests in Direct-to-Chip Liquid Provider ZutaCore

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Feb. 18, 2025 — Climate and energy company Carrier Global Corp. (NYSE: CARR) announced that its venture group, Carrier Ventures, is leading an investment and technology partnership with ZutaCore, a maker of two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology for data centers. This investment aligns with Carrier’s strategy of providing high-tech, integrated cooling […]

@HPCpodcast: Addison Snell on the Present and Future of HPC-AI, Quantum, DeepSeek, Interconnects, Leadership Supercomputing

We delve into current market sizing for HPC-AI (the conjoining of the two being a relatively new focus), a look ahead at the rest of the year and the decade, the impact of hyperscalers on AI ….

Supermicro Launches Rack-Scale Systems with NVIDIA Blackwell

San Jose, Calif. – February 5, 2025 – Supermicro, Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI) announced full availability of its AI data center Building Block Solutions  accelerated by the NVIDIA Blackwell platform. The Supermicro Building Block portfolio provides the core infrastructure elements necessary to scale Blackwell solutions. The portfolio includes a broad range of air-cooled and liquid-cooled systems […]

Liquid Cooling: Iceotope Names New CEO, Non-Executive Chairman

San Francisco and Sheffield, UK – January 15, 2025 – Iceotope, a liquid cooling for AI systems company, today announced two leadership appointments designed to transition the company from its roots in technology R&D to mass market adoption. Following the launch of KUL AI, these appointments are intended to position the company for growth powered by AI’s […]

@HPCpodcast Industry View: A Deep Dive into High-Density Data Center Cooling and Efficiency with DDC Solutions

Chris Orlando of DDC discusses the rapidly changing landscape of high density data center cooling, monitoring, safety ….