Connect | New York // Major Panel: The cooling conundrum - How to manage dense heat at scale

Cooling has become one of the most complex challenges in modern data center design. Water scarcity, new disclosure regulations and tougher environmental standards are reshaping how and where operators can expand, meanwhile, rising rack densities and AI-driven workloads are accelerating the shift toward hybrid and liquid cooling systems. As industry bodies such as ASHRAE update their liquid cooling guidelines and hyperscalers commit to zero-water goals, the industry must redefine what best practice means for thermal design, and balance scalability, sustainability and performance.

This session will address:

• The regulations and disclosure requirements shaping cooling strategies
• Which cooling designs are gaining traction in water stressed regions
• How we can drive efficiency in hybrid cooling
• The sustainability credentials of different coolant liquids
• The liquid cooling technologies driving efficiencies at scale