Entropy

NS has an article about a company that intends to start selling servers that are swimming in oil!

The microprocessors inside servers and desktop computers are normally cooled using fans that blow air across the components. But UK a company called Very-PC hopes to see a much more radical, oil-based alternative, take off instead.

Technically this is a sound idea, and with the recent drive on “green” companies and players like IBM, Google and Microsoft investing big in power cuts you can understand the company benefits –

“It is possible to cut power consumption in half,” managing director Peter Hopton told New Scientist. “You don’t need to drive inefficient fans, or the usual air conditioning.”

New Scientist: Chilled oil bath may cool hot processors