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HPE and Khazna introduce data centre hosting using direct liquid cooling for AI
HPE announced a new managed data centre hosting service in UAE in partnership with Khazna Data Centers , a provider of state-of-the-art hyperscale data centre solutions . The new service supports the UAE ’ s national Artificial Intelligence strategy , which includes a series of AI projects with institutions in the region .
The service provides access to a data centre facility fitted for end-to-end highperformance computing , HPC technologies , purpose-built for AI , spanning compute , accelerated compute , software , networking and direct liquid-cooling , DLC .
The investment in a DLC data centre , a significantly energy-efficient method compared to conventional air-cooling , supports the UAE ’ s effort to address rising power demands in the age AI , which is expected to grow by tenfold by 2026 , according to the International Energy Agency .
The new data centre facility addresses power consumption challenges by efficiently absorbing more heat with a liquid-based coolant solution , offering 20.7 % higher performance per kW than air-cooled solutions . With DLC the data centre facility can reduce the need for space up to 77.5 % by allowing customers to place fewer , more tightly packed servers into the racks .
To accelerate time-to-production , HPE Services , which provides worldwide , 24x7 onsite and remote support to install and deploy systems , worked closely with Khazna to optimise its Abu Dhabi data centre to run AI and HPC workloads . Through HPE GreenLake , new or existing customers gain flexible options to scale and pay for services monthly .
“ HPE is bringing its world-direct-liquid cooled HPC capabilities to launch the first data centre facility of this kind in the UAE to make it widely accessible for customers in the region to run AI and other computeintensive workloads ,” said Ahmad Alkhallafi , Managing Director , Emirates and Africa at HPE .
“ With a broad spectrum of technology , deployment , and payment options , organisations have a choice to responsibly accelerate AI adoption , while they work towards the UAE ’ s goal and timeline to adopt patterns that reduce environmental stress .”
Compatible with a large variety of GPUs and CPUs , the integrated liquid cooled data centre technology gives customers a wide range of choices , allowing them to meet current and future system requirements . By lowering the energy consumption per workload , the efficiencies from direct onchip liquid cooling will help customers on their journey to be responsible for managing the carbon emissions from AI ’ s powerintensive demand .
“ We are pleased to be helping HPE ’ s customers maximise their compute power to advance key initiatives in areas such as energy , financial services , health and life sciences , and manufacturing , while adopting IT sustainability best practices ,” said Hassan Alnaqbi , CEO at Khazna .
HPE has decades of liquid cooling leadership expertise and continues to build massive liquid-cooled systems worldwide that scale to tens of thousands of accelerators for optimal efficiency . According to the recent Green500 list , HPE built 70 % of the world ’ s top ten energy-efficient systems with liquid- cooled solutions .
The new data centre hosting service , fitted with HPE ’ s liquid-cooling capabilities , supports the UAE government ’ s goal to reduce the country ’ s emissions to less than 100 kilowatt-hours . p
THE NEW DATA CENTRE FACILITY ADDRESSES POWER CONSUMPTION CHALLENGES BY ABSORBING MORE HEAT WITH A LIQUID- BASED COOLANT SOLUTION .
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