ICEOTOPE and its project partners have been honoured with a prestigious green IT award in the United States.
The firm has won recognition for its liquid-based computer servers, which cut cooling costs by up to 97 per cent.
The Green Enterprise IT Awards — held in California in May — reward projects which significantly improve energy productivity.
Iceotope founder Peter Hopton said: “To be recognised in this manner, for what is just our first production system, really validates the work we’re doing and the environmental impact of this technology.
"The data centre industry is in something of an energy crisis. The financial and environmental
costs involved in powering a single facility are staggering and cooling inefficiencies are a significant factor.
“We believe that the Iceotope solution has the potential to drive change in the data centre
industry for the better.”
The server, using 3M Novec Engineered Fluids, was developed with a team of researchers
at the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Leeds.
The eighth annual awards are hosted by the Uptime Institute in Santa Clara. All three partners will speak about their role in the project when they pick up the award.
Report by Gareth Dennison, Rotherham Advertiser
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