Waarom het voor materialen van belang is
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.
Waaruit het bestaat
Alle materialen →| Materiaal | Wat het hier doet | Belang |
|---|---|---|
| Copper kritiek | Power distribution, busbars and network cable | Definiëren |
| Silicon kritiek | Processors, memory and power conversion | Definiëren |
| Aluminium kritiek | Racks, heat sinks and structure | Belangrijk |
| Gallium kritiek | High-efficiency power conversion | Belangrijk |
| Iron & Steel | Structure and enclosures | Belangrijk |
| Tantalum kritiek | Capacitors on power delivery | Belangrijk |
| Tin kritiek | Solder on every board | Belangrijk |
| Gold | Bonding wires and connector plating | Heden |
| Helium | Used in some drive designs and in chip manufacturing | Heden |
| Neodymium kritiek | Drive and fan motors | Heden |
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…
