$27m to roll out diamond cooling for Indian datacentre power
Akash Systems in the US has received a $27m contract to roll out its diamond cooling technology in datacentres in India.
The contract will see Akash will deliver its ‘Diamond Cooled servers’ to NxtGen datacentres across India.
Akash’s Diamond Cooling is a new cooling solution for the semiconductor sector and integrates with existing thermal management technologies. Synthetic diamond is the world’s most thermally conductive material and Akash had previously used this for cooling satellites in space application as the thermal conductivity of diamond exceeds the next best material, copper, by 5 times. Akash’s engineers have pioneered an approach to couple diamond materials to semiconductor chips, accelerating heat extraction from GPU chips where temperatures can reach 90°-100°C.
“Our Diamond Cooled GPU servers will empower NxtGen to deliver unparalleled performance and reliability to their customers, reinforcing their position as a leader in AI and other compute Solutions,” said Felix Ejeckam, CEO and co-founder of Akash Systems.
This partnership with NxtGen highlights the scalability of Akash’s technology and also showcases its ability to accelerate AI workloads by reducing thermal throttling and maximizing over-compute cycles. In short, the Diamond Cooled servers are the way to go,” says Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures.
The diamond cooled servers reduce GPU hotspot temperature by 10°-20°C even for NVIDIA and AMD servers that use liquid cooling. This results in a 50% decrease in GPU fan speed and a 90% reduction in GPU fan energy consumption. This enables 25% overclocking capabilities, doubles server lifetimes, and minimizes thermal throttling. Akash’s Diamond Cooled servers are complementary to clients’ existing thermal solutions (e.g. liquid immersion, etc.) and further boost their thermal management solutions.
This partnership also follows Akash Systems’ recent approval for up to $68 million in funding under the CHIPS and Science Act by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
“We are collaborating with Akash to set an industry benchmark for sustainable AI. Through a combination of Akash’s Diamond Cooling, waterless liquid cooling, and advanced GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD, we are able to double the performance per watt. This allows us to reduce the cost to our customers and bring down the cost of AI compute services by more than 50% from prevailing market rates and enable us to deliver very high-value AI use-cases to our customers,” said A S Rajgopal CEO & MD, NxtGen.
NxtGen, headquartered in Bengaluru, India, operates multiple data centres and offers a range of services, including AI compute, disaster recovery, and managed security. The company is currently expanding its infrastructure to meet the growing demand for data centre services in the region.
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