The President of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed placing data centers for AI in the Far North due to heat dissipation

RAS President Gennady Krasnikov believes that it is advisable to locate data centers for working with artificial intelligence technologies in the Far North due to the possibility of efficient heat removal from servers.

Heat generation by servers and the growing energy consumption of data centers and artificial intelligence projects are significant problems, Krasnikov noted.

Russian specialists are looking for places with cheap free energy capacity and climatic conditions that promote efficient heat removal from servers.

MOSCOW, September 28 - RIA Novosti. It is advisable to locate data processing centers (DPCs) for working with artificial intelligence technologies in the Far North, where, due to natural conditions, it is possible to effectively remove heat from servers, says Gennady Krasnikov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN).

One of the barriers to the development of artificial intelligence is considered to be the generation of large amounts of heat by servers, often leading to overheating and malfunctions.

The issue of heat removal from servers is a problem, and today there are many original technological solutions, including those using new materials and new designs, Krasnikov noted in an interview with RIA Novosti.

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“But the problem remains the energy consumption of data processing centers and artificial intelligence projects. These indicators will grow, this is a trend, and, unfortunately, there is no escape from it. Energy consumption will increasingly shift from industry, from utilities towards the creation of large data centers. Not only in Russia, but also in the world,” said the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Russian experts are looking at where there is cheap free energy capacity for data centers and where there are climatic conditions that make it possible to more efficiently remove heat from servers and direct it to utility or other needs, Krasnikov added.