Japan eyes liquid immersion to cool data center servers

KDDI and NTT Data to cut power used in diverting hardware's heat by over 90%

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KDDI's immersion system uses insulating oil to cool servers. (Photo by Risa Kawaba)

RISA KAWABA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan's largest providers of data centers plan to eliminate nearly all the energy wasted on cooling the hardware by placing servers in vats of liquid.

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