IBM Hot Water Supercomputer

IBM has deliv­ered a super­com­puter cooled by hot water to the Swiss Fed­eral Insti­tute of Tech­nol­ogy Zurich, which IBM says states “a new era in energy-aware com­put­ing.” The Aquasar cool­ing sys­tem uses water at tem­per­a­tures of up to 140 degrees, and as a result con­sumes up to 40 per­cent less energy than a com­pa­ra­ble air-cooled machine. Fur­ther­more the sys­tem uses waste heat to pro­vide heat­ing to the uni­ver­sity build­ings, reduc­ing Aquasar’s car­bon foot­print further.

IBM keep on deliv­er­ing great green IT ideas.