Direct-to-Chip Cooling

A research team at the University of Maryland, led by Professor Damena Agonafer, has been honored with the Best Paper Award in Data Center Sustainability at the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit’s Future Technologies Symposium. The recognition highlights UMD’s leadership in sustainable thermal management solutions for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence data centers. Learn more.

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