Bitcoin 2-Phase Immersion Cooling and the Implications for High Performance Computing

Recently, Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining have aroused international interest. This article describes the cooling challenges faced by Bitcoin miners and discusses the implications on the future of cooling for supercomputers, HPC clusters and other high density electronics. We explain the inner workings of the first commercial open bath immersion cooling systems and how Bitcoiners seemingly refine the technology used to create high powered ASICs, and keep them cool.

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