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Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Apr 25, 2025 · Fundamentals

Alibaba Network Proposal OSFP MSA Passes Unanimously, Introducing the First Liquid‑Cooled OSFP Cage Standard

Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure network team’s split‑type OSFP Cage proposal was unanimously approved by the OSFP MSA committee, becoming the first standard supporting liquid‑cooled OSFP cold plates, offering low‑cost, easy‑assembly solutions that address the growing power‑consumption challenges of high‑density AI switches.

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Alibaba Network Proposal OSFP MSA Passes Unanimously, Introducing the First Liquid‑Cooled OSFP Cage Standard

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Oct 25, 2024 · Artificial Intelligence

Highlights of Chinese Enterprises at the 2024 OCP Global Summit: AI Network Architecture, High‑Performance Cooling, and WAN Innovations

The 2024 OCP Global Summit in San Jose showcased Chinese tech leaders like Alibaba Cloud and ByteDance presenting cutting‑edge AI network architectures, liquid‑cooling solutions, SRv6 deployments, high‑performance data‑center designs, and future WAN routing innovations, underscoring China's growing influence in AI infrastructure worldwide.

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Highlights of Chinese Enterprises at the 2024 OCP Global Summit: AI Network Architecture, High‑Performance Cooling, and WAN Innovations

Architects' Tech Alliance

Sep 1, 2024 · Fundamentals

Full Liquid‑Cooled Cold Plate Server Design and Performance Testing (2024)

This article presents a comprehensive reference design and performance evaluation of a 2U four‑node high‑density server employing full liquid‑cooled cold plates for CPUs, memory, storage, NICs, and power supplies, detailing system architecture, flow design, CFD validation, and future optimization directions.

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Full Liquid‑Cooled Cold Plate Server Design and Performance Testing (2024)

Architects' Tech Alliance

Aug 21, 2024 · Fundamentals

Comprehensive Liquid‑Cooling Reference Design for Server Components (2024)

This white‑paper presents a 2024 reference design and performance evaluation of full‑liquid‑cooling solutions for CPUs, memory, SSDs, PCIe/OCP cards, power supplies and IO boards, detailing architecture, advantages, implementation methods and deployment scenarios for data‑center and telecom applications.

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Comprehensive Liquid‑Cooling Reference Design for Server Components (2024)

360 Smart Cloud

Feb 1, 2024 · Operations

AI Compute Era: Data Center Power, Cooling, and Space Requirements

The rapid growth of AI compute demand is forcing data centers to redesign cabinet power capacity, adopt advanced cooling solutions such as liquid cooling, and re‑evaluate space density and construction timelines to meet the high‑density, high‑power needs of modern AI workloads.

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AI Compute Era: Data Center Power, Cooling, and Space Requirements

Architects' Tech Alliance

Nov 8, 2023 · Product Management

Global Switch Market Size, Competitive Landscape, and Technology Trends (2023)

The article analyzes the 2022‑2027 global and Chinese network switch market sizes, outlines the competitive landscape dominated by Cisco and domestic players, and examines emerging technology trends such as lossless data‑center solutions, white‑box switches, silicon‑photonic optics, liquid‑cooling, TSN, and the coexistence of Ethernet and InfiniBand switches.

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Global Switch Market Size, Competitive Landscape, and Technology Trends (2023)

Architects' Tech Alliance

Oct 28, 2023 · Operations

Global Server Shipment Outlook and Liquid‑Cooling Market Trends in 2023

The 2023 report analyzes a 5.7% Q2 decline in global server shipments, a modest 1.5% rebound expected in Q3, the shift toward high‑priced AI servers, TrendForce's revised forecast of 13.835 million units, and IDC's forecast of rapid growth in China's liquid‑cooling data‑center market.

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Global Server Shipment Outlook and Liquid‑Cooling Market Trends in 2023

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Sep 19, 2023 · Cloud Computing

AI‑Era Cloud Infrastructure: High Compute Density, Linear Scalability and Intelligent Operations – Highlights from the 2023 Open Data Center Conference

The 2023 Open Data Center Conference in Beijing showcased Alibaba Cloud's AI‑era infrastructure innovations—including high‑density compute clusters, predictable high‑performance networking, intelligent power‑simulation systems, battery diagnostics, liquid‑cooling solutions, and modular server standards—demonstrating how cloud platforms are being rebuilt to meet the demands of large AI models and sustainable operation.

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AI‑Era Cloud Infrastructure: High Compute Density, Linear Scalability and Intelligent Operations – Highlights from the 2023 Open Data Center Conference

Architects' Tech Alliance

Aug 13, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Global Server Shipment Forecast and the Rise of AI and Liquid‑Cooled Servers in 2023

The 2023 server market faces a modest 1.5% Q3 rebound after a 5.7% Q2 decline, with AI‑focused and liquid‑cooled servers driving growth despite overall shipments falling to an estimated 13.8 million units worldwide.

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Global Server Shipment Forecast and the Rise of AI and Liquid‑Cooled Servers in 2023

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

May 19, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Immersion Liquid Cooling Forum on AI Infrastructure: Key Insights and Industry Perspectives

The May 15 Beijing forum gathered experts from leading tech firms and research institutes to discuss immersion liquid cooling as a vital solution for AI infrastructure's growing compute and thermal challenges, presenting current trends, technical designs, material research, and future sustainable development directions.

AI infrastructureHigh Performance Computingdata center

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Immersion Liquid Cooling Forum on AI Infrastructure: Key Insights and Industry Perspectives

Bilibili Tech

Apr 25, 2023 · Operations

Liquid Cooling Solutions for Data Center Energy Efficiency: Bilibili's Practice

Bilibili’s next‑generation data center replaces traditional air‑cooling with a hybrid liquid‑cooling system—combining water‑cooled chillers, indirect evaporative cooling, magnetic‑levitation pumps and cold‑plate modules—to raise inlet temperatures, cut fan power, achieve PUE below 1.15, and demonstrate greener, cost‑effective operation while shaping industry standards.

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Liquid Cooling Solutions for Data Center Energy Efficiency: Bilibili's Practice

Bilibili Tech

Sep 6, 2022 · Operations

Bilibili's Green Data Center Initiatives and the Custom R2‑AZ2 Project Overview

Bilibili’s SYS team is advancing green data‑center technology by aligning with national energy‑efficiency mandates, co‑authoring cold‑plate liquid‑cooling standards, and piloting the custom R2‑AZ2 Innovation Room Phase‑1, which combines indirect evaporative and magnetic‑levitation hybrid cooling to achieve PUEs as low as 1.13 while testing AI‑driven O&M tools for future large‑scale, low‑carbon deployment.

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Bilibili's Green Data Center Initiatives and the Custom R2‑AZ2 Project Overview

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Jul 30, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Highlights from the First China Computing Conference: Cloud Computing as the Foundation of the Digital Economy

The inaugural China Computing Conference in Jinan featured keynote speeches by Alibaba Cloud leaders emphasizing cloud computing as the backbone of the digital economy, showcased breakthrough immersion liquid‑cooling technology, the Zhenduan heterogeneous computing platform with record‑breaking AI benchmark results, and announced a series of innovative cloud‑native solutions and awards.

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Highlights from the First China Computing Conference: Cloud Computing as the Foundation of the Digital Economy

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Jul 20, 2022 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure’s Carbon‑Neutral Practices and Green Data Center Innovations

The article details Alibaba Cloud’s comprehensive green initiatives—including self‑developed technologies, liquid‑cooling systems, renewable energy procurement, and strategic regional data‑center placement—that collectively reduce carbon emissions and enhance energy efficiency within China’s rapidly expanding digital economy.

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Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

May 17, 2022 · Fundamentals

Alibaba Cloud Announces New Immersion Liquid Cooling Technical Standards and Whitepapers at the First Immersion Liquid Cooling Intelligent Computing Industry Forum

On May 12, the inaugural Immersion Liquid Cooling Intelligent Computing Industry Forum held online featured nearly forty industry representatives and saw Alibaba Cloud unveil three new immersion liquid cooling technical standards and two whitepapers, highlighting material compatibility, cabinet and server structure guidelines, optical module reliability, and recent research achievements toward sustainable, high‑efficiency data center solutions.

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Alibaba Cloud Announces New Immersion Liquid Cooling Technical Standards and Whitepapers at the First Immersion Liquid Cooling Intelligent Computing Industry Forum

Bilibili Tech

Apr 29, 2022 · Cloud Computing

B站R2-AZ2定制化数据中心：预制化模块与智能节能技术实践

Bilibili's R2-AZ2 custom data center uses prefabricated modular containers and advanced liquid cooling, AI monitoring, and other green technologies to deliver 35 MW capacity with PUE under 1.2, supporting China's carbon‑peak/neutrality goals while enabling rapid, scalable deployment.

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Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Apr 27, 2022 · Operations

Understanding Liquid Cooling Technologies for Data Centers

The article explains how liquid cooling—including immersion, cold‑plate, and hybrid air‑liquid solutions—offers higher heat‑transfer efficiency and lower PUE compared to traditional air cooling, addressing energy‑saving goals, regional regulations, and water‑scarcity challenges in modern data centers.

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Understanding Liquid Cooling Technologies for Data Centers

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Aug 25, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Carbon Neutrality and Green Cloud Computing: Alibaba Cloud’s Role in Reducing Emissions

This article explains the origins of China's Low‑Carbon Day, defines carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and highlights how Alibaba Cloud’s green technologies—such as high‑efficiency cloud computing, liquid‑cooling data centers, and clean‑energy trading—contribute to reducing emissions and supporting the nation’s double‑carbon goals.

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Carbon Neutrality and Green Cloud Computing: Alibaba Cloud’s Role in Reducing Emissions

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Aug 18, 2021 · Fundamentals

Signal Integrity Analysis in Immersion Liquid Cooling – Alibaba Cloud Server R&D Paper Accepted at DesignCon 2021

Alibaba Cloud's server R&D team presented a paper on signal‑integrity analysis for immersion liquid‑cooled servers at DesignCon 2021, introducing a novel analytical method, experimental findings on material effects, and design recommendations that support large‑scale data‑center liquid‑cooling deployments.

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Signal Integrity Analysis in Immersion Liquid Cooling – Alibaba Cloud Server R&D Paper Accepted at DesignCon 2021

Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Jul 23, 2021 · Cloud Computing

Alibaba Cloud's Zhangbei Data Center: Green Low‑Carbon Design and Liquid‑Cooling Innovations

Alibaba Cloud’s Zhangbei data center in Hebei leverages abundant wind energy, advanced air‑handling units, and pioneering liquid‑cooling technology to achieve a PUE below 1.2, cutting carbon emissions and exemplifying the green, low‑carbon infrastructure goals outlined in China’s new data‑center development plan.

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Alibaba Cloud's Zhangbei Data Center: Green Low‑Carbon Design and Liquid‑Cooling Innovations