소재 분야에서의 중요성
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.
구성 성분
전체 소재 →| 소재 | 여기에서의 기능 | 중요도 |
|---|---|---|
| Copper 핵심 광물 | Power distribution, busbars and network cable | 정의 |
| Silicon 핵심 광물 | Processors, memory and power conversion | 정의 |
| Aluminium 핵심 광물 | Racks, heat sinks and structure | 중요 |
| Gallium 핵심 광물 | High-efficiency power conversion | 중요 |
| Iron & Steel | Structure and enclosures | 중요 |
| Tantalum 핵심 광물 | Capacitors on power delivery | 중요 |
| Tin 핵심 광물 | Solder on every board | 중요 |
| Gold | Bonding wires and connector plating | 현재 |
| Helium | Used in some drive designs and in chip manufacturing | 현재 |
| Neodymium 핵심 광물 | Drive and fan motors | 현재 |
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…
