Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced a new managed data center hosting service in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in partnership with Khazna Data Centers, a hyperscale data center solutions provider. The new service supports the UAE’s national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, which includes a series of AI projects with leading institutions in the region.
According to a press release, the service provides access to a data center facility fitted for end-to-end high-performance computing (HPC) technologies, purpose-built for AI, spanning compute, accelerated compute, software, networking and direct liquid-cooling (DLC). It said, “The investment in a DLC data center, a significantly energy-efficient method compared to conventional air-cooling, supports the UAE’s effort to address rising power demands in the age AI, which is expected to grow by tenfold by 2026, according to the International Energy Agency.”
It further explained, “The new data center facility addresses power consumption challenges by efficiently absorbing more heat with a liquid-based coolant solution, offering 20.7 percent higher performance per kW than air-cooled solutions. With DLC the data center facility can reduce the need for space up to 77.5 percent by allowing customers to place fewer, more tightly packed servers into the racks.”
“HPE is bringing its world-leading direct-liquid cooled HPC capabilities to launch the first data center facility of this kind in the UAE to make it widely accessible for customers in the region to run AI and other compute-intensive workloads,” said Ahmad Alkhallafi (Managing director, Emirates & Africa at HPE).
Hassan Alnaqbi, CEO at Khazna said, “Access to highly efficient data center systems will play a key role in helping the UAE anticipate and take advantage of revolutionary technologies such as AI and to support its goal to make the economy more environment-friendly by providing world-leading data center facilities.”
Compatible with a large variety of GPUs and CPUs, the integrated liquid cooled data center technology gives customers a wide range of choices, allowing them to meet current and future system requirements. By lowering the energy consumption per workload, the efficiencies from direct on-chip liquid cooling will help customers on their journey to be responsible for managing the carbon emissions from AI’s power-intensive demand.
