其对材料领域的意义
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.
其组成成分
所有材料 →| 材料 | 其在此处的用途 | 重要性 |
|---|---|---|
| Copper 关键 | Power distribution, busbars and network cable | 定义 |
| Silicon 关键 | Processors, memory and power conversion | 定义 |
| Aluminium 关键 | Racks, heat sinks and structure | 重要 |
| Gallium 关键 | High-efficiency power conversion | 重要 |
| Iron & Steel | Structure and enclosures | 重要 |
| Tantalum 关键 | Capacitors on power delivery | 重要 |
| Tin 关键 | Solder on every board | 重要 |
| Gold | Bonding wires and connector plating | 至今 |
| Helium | Used in some drive designs and in chip manufacturing | 至今 |
| Neodymium 关键 | Drive and fan motors | 至今 |
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…
