How Apheros Plans To Take The Heat Out Of The World’s Data Centres
Technology tamfitronics Apheros co-founders Dr Gaëlle Andreatta and Dr Julia CarpenterDaniel Winkler PhotographyThe technology sector has a serious energy problem. Surging demand for data centres, largely caused by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, is turning a sector that once had a very green profile into a voracious user of energy. By 2030, the need to keep data centres cool will account for as much as 6% of all global energy usage. AI, in this sense at least, is simply not sustainable.Enter the Swiss technology start-up Apheros. The Zurich-based company, which is today announcing a $1.85 million funding round, has invented a new type of “metal foam” that will help in the cooling process in data centres. The company’s founders believe their material can increase the efficiency of cooling systems by 90% - and therefore reduce...
