Scalding hot AI accelerators have put datacenters in hot water. Two-phase cooling could chill them out
21-07-2026 12:00 via theregister.com

Scalding hot AI accelerators have put datacenters in hot water. Two-phase cooling could chill them out

Liquid cooling makes it possible to operate multi-kilowatt accelerators and ultra -dense datacenter racks, but new research commissioned by startup Accelsius suggests that we've been using the wrong liquids for the job. The company found different cooling fluids can shave millions off datacenter operating costs by allowing bit barns to run their water systems up to 14° C higher than existing systems. By swapping single-phase coolants used by existing GPU servers for two-phase fluids, like th
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