IBM Hot Water-Cooled Supercomputer Goes Live at ETH Zurich

PR Newswire (Jul 2 2010) Carbon Footprint , Servers

1. Energy consumption reduced by up to 40 %; direct utilization of waste heat cuts carbon dioxide emissions by up to 85 %. IBM has delivered a first-of-a-kind hot water-cooled supercomputer to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), marking a new era in energy-aware computing. The innovative system, dubbed Aquasar, consumes up to 40 percent less energy than a comparable air-cooled machine. Through the direct use of waste heat to provide warmth to university buildings, Aquasar's carbon footprint is reduced by up to 85 percent. (Read Full Article)

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