Perché è rilevante per i materiali
The material story of a data centre is not the chips — those weigh grams. It is the copper busbars, the transformers, the backup generators, the chillers and the transmission line built to reach it.
Di cosa è composto
Tutti i materiali →| Materiale | Cosa fa qui | Importanza |
|---|---|---|
| Copper critico | Power distribution, busbars and network cable | Definizione di |
| Silicon critico | Processors, memory and power conversion | Definizione di |
| Aluminium critico | Racks, heat sinks and structure | Importante |
| Gallium critico | High-efficiency power conversion | Importante |
| Iron & Steel | Structure and enclosures | Importante |
| Tantalum critico | Capacitors on power delivery | Importante |
| Tin critico | Solder on every board | Importante |
| Gold | Bonding wires and connector plating | Presente |
| Helium | Used in some drive designs and in chip manufacturing | Presente |
| Neodymium critico | Drive and fan motors | Presente |
Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…
Silicon
The second-most-common element in the Earth's crust — ordinary sand — purified until only one atom in a billion is…
Aluminium
A light silvery metal made by passing an enormous electric current through dissolved bauxite — which is why people…
Gallium
A silvery metal that melts in your hand, and the basis of the compound semiconductors in fast chargers, radar and…
Iron & Steel
Iron with a little carbon in it, and the most-produced manufactured material on the planet.
Tantalum
A dense metal whose oxide layer stores charge extremely reliably, which is why it is in the capacitors of anything…
