Liquid cooling solutions for extreme edge deployments
Key takeaways
- Capturing data at the extreme or rugged edge in hostile environments and sending it back to the cloud can slow and expensive.
- Processing data at the extreme edge reduces the amount of traffic on networks, delivers onsite analytics and enables faster decision-making.
- Iceotope precision liquid cooling solutions at the edge offer sustainability, energy efficiency and serviceability.
Extreme edge computing – or rugged edge computing – enables organizations to extend and expand the possibilities of advanced data analytics to remote corners of the planet (and even beyond). Here we’ll look at the role of rugged edge computing, and when to use edge computing, and how data center solutions can cope with the most demanding of workloads.
Understanding the rugged edge
From AI to high-performance computing (HPC), the demand for processing vast amounts of data at the edge is growing fast. Edge computing is everywhere. For example, smartphones are considered to be edge devices and there are 4.3 billion in use worldwide.
As AI and machine learning evolve, more organizations are choosing to process data where it is generated. This approach offers several key benefits:
- Reducing latency issues associated with sending data back to the core for processing
- Delivering onsite analytics for faster decision-making
- Enhancing security by reducing the amount of sensitive data sent over networks
- Increasing response times
When to use edge computing
Some organizations are shifting critical operations to the rugged edge. Examples include:
- Analysis of oil rig data onsite to make decisions in real-time
- Underwater image processing to track minute organisms in the ocean
- On-board data processing in satellites in space
- Processing data at military outposts in the desert or jungle
- Maintaining data at remote cell phone towers in rugged and harsh environments
In these situations, capturing data at the extreme edge and then sending it back to the cloud can be prohibitively slow and expensive. Data needs to be captured and analyzed on-site, for real-time decision making.
Extreme edge data center solutions – how to implement edge computing
Processing data at the extreme edge reduces the amount of traffic on networks, delivers on-site analytics and enables faster decision-making. But the technology has to be able to withstand harsh conditions too.
There’s the shock and vibration that equipment needs to withstand when transported. And there are often intense temperatures, wind, water and dust to deal with in these situations. Protection is essential to ensure a unit won’t be damaged once in place.
Zero-touch computing for extreme edge locations
At Iceotope, our precision liquid cooling technology brings enterprise-grade compute to hostile, harsh, and extreme edge locations.
With up to 3.5kW of heat rejection, liquid cooling is ultra-efficient in even the most hostile of environments. The design of the chassis and cooling systems negate the need for fans which can be problematic in extreme and remote locations. Precision liquid cooling targets components directly to capture the generated heat and boost the performance of high-density workloads. Iceotope technology brings data-center class compute to the extreme far edge, while offering a sustainable and energy-efficient solution.
Developed with rugged edge requirements in mind, Iceotope precision liquid cooling technology offers greater sustainability, energy efficiency and serviceability to drive innovation forward in remote locations across the globe.
