Cooling copper plates could slash data center energy use by 90%
New Atlas: Technology-Innovation-Outdoor News [Unofficial]
May 20, 2026
In 2025, data centers consumed 485 TWh of electricity. Thirty percent of that, more than the entire annual power consumption of Sweden, went to cooling. Scientists have developed a 3D-printed copper-plate cooling tech that can slash this figure by over 90%!
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Category: Energy, Engineering
Tags: University of Illinois, Cooling, Data Center, Metals
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