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Cooling system reduces
water use by 20 per cent
How the technology works.
FACEBOOK WILL INTRODUCE NEW INDIRECT COOLING TECHNOLOGY TO ITS FIRST DATA CENTRE TO BE BUILT IN ASIA.
THE BILLION DOLLAR data centre will use a new cooling system devel- oped by Nortek Air Solutions, a leading provider of custom air handlers.
It is Facebook's 15th data centre and will be based in Singapore. The social network expects the 11-storey, 170,000 square metre, data
centre to begin operations in 2022.
While Facebook usually relies on outdoor air
and direct evaporative cooling systems in its data centres, Singapore's high humidity and high temperatures led to the development of the StatePoint Liquid Cooling (SPLC) Technology. It features an advanced evaporative cooling sys- tem that uses water instead of air and is de- signed to reduce water consumption by up to 20 per cent.
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