Did you know that Data Centres and IT equipment can consume between 200 and 500 TWh?
This is equivalent to the electricity demand of Spain in 2023*
This increase in energy consumption is due to the growth of compute-intensive applications with AI
Cooling is a crucial aspect of data centre operation as it significantly contributes to electricity consumption
DYMAN moves forward with dynamic management of self-cooled HPC data centres
DYMAN is a 3-year EIC Pathfinder Challenges project that brings together 10 partners (6 SMEs, 1 public university, 1 research and technology organisation, and 2 non-profit organisations) from 4 European countries (Spain, Germany, Italy, and Belgium).
This diversity, in terms of organisation types and geographic location, ensures that project results will reach different communities and countries and can contribute complementary views and approaches.
The aim is to develop a completely new design for adsorption chillers that are dynamically managed in Data Centers.
Innovations
- Low-temperature adsorbents that achieve high capacities at very low conduction temperatures below 50 °C.
- New adsorption heat exchangers made with 3D printed structures that integrate the adsorption material into a porous structure, reducing the internal thermal resistance.
- Two-phase cooling for high-performance computing servers to handle thermal loads more efficiently from next-generation processors.
- A new type of adsorption cooling system integration in the data centre environment.
- A new form of active data centre management integrating the cooling system as part of the optimisation of processor management by providing an ontology based on an AI-assisted approach to O&M practices.
The Impacts
DYMAN will develop pioneering solutions to reduce the impact of thermal energy management on HCP installations and data server rooms.
- Improving the operational impact of IT systems
- Reducing design and installation costs
- Creating a standardised framework for better design and O&M of systems
View all the impacts
To increase the EU’s technological leadership in the cooling sector and strategic, productive fields strongly linked to cooling production.
To improve building comfort and health in the living environment using energy-efficient cooling, adsorption chillers, and other cooling technologies will ensure minimum energy consumption.
To increase the operational safety of IT and server installations. Thanks to the data centre’s dynamic operation and cooling management, a high degree of safety is achieved, as overheating can be prevented at any time. In addition, predictive maintenance and advanced control systems will optimise the cooling infrastructure’s operation.
To reduce the carbon footprint of energy systems and address climate change mitigation. The novel sorption cooling system can reduce electricity demand for data centre cooling by 80-90%.
To reduce the EU’s dependence on the supply of critical materials and diversify its sources of supply, as the basic materials used in sorption systems are relatively cheap and widely available on the market. 3D printing reduces the need for international sourcing of components.
