Chiller Plant Design and Considerations for a 1 GW AI Factory

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Presentation Description: Artificial intelligence is driving massive growth in data center demand and advanced cooling is critical to keep innovation running. This presentation covers the reference design and provides guidance on; A 1 GW cooling blueprint for AI factory applications, Integrated air- and liquid-cooling configurations for NVIDIA racks, Guidance on CDUs, fan coil walls, chillers, dry coolers, pumps and facility piping, and A foundation for mechanical design that complements electrical and controls systems.

Case Study: The system covered in this guide is meant to be repeatable for large scale data centers and AI factories. The guide is brand new and engineers are using this to layout their systems. The only customer name we can share at this time is nVidia as this design is meant for their latest chips used in AI factories.

Topic: Data Centers and District Energy