Nvidia cloud partner Sustainable Metal Cloud (SMC) says that its HyperCubes, which are containerized Nvidia GPU servers that use immersion cooling, can reduce energy consumption by 50% compared to systems relying on traditional air cooling. Furthermore, the company claims this solution is 28% more affordable than rival liquid-cooling solutions. But, aside from that, the containerized nature of HyperCubes means that it’s quicker to set up, allowing data centers to scale their operations much more easily.
“It enables high-density hosting for GPUs. It enables the sort of hosting that we need to see for platforms like Grace Blackwell,” SMC co-CEO Tim Rosenfield told CNBC. Since immersion-cooled systems do not need the space required for airflow, a company can pack more servers in the same space currently used by air-cooled systems.
