핵심 디지털 인프라 및 연속성 솔루션 전문 기업인 버티브(Vertiv)가 2024 버티브 마스터클래스(2024 Vertiv Masterclass) 행사를 통해 인공지능(AI)이 데이터 센터 등 핵심 인프라에 미치는 영향과 이에 따른 전력 및 냉각 등 최신 정보를 공유했다.
2024 Master Class Korea Completed
Vertiv, a company specializing in core digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, shared the latest information on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on core infrastructure such as data centers and the resulting power and cooling needs.
Vertiv announced on the 28th that it successfully completed the 2024 Vertiv Masterclass event held recently in Korea.
The event, held on June 20th at the Oakwood Premier COEX Center in Seoul, brought together over 100 data center engineers, designers, consultants, and construction industry professionals to share diverse and in-depth opinions on the latest trends and technologies transforming today’s core infrastructure.
Vertiv MasterClasses are a series of training programs designed by Vertiv to provide ongoing education and knowledge to consulting engineers and infrastructure designers through interactive discussions and technical presentations.
Vertiv holds masterclass sessions across Asia each year. This year’s session in Korea focused on topics such as domestic and regional data center trends, the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on core infrastructure, and Vertiv’s latest power and temperature-controlled technologies to support today’s high-density computing requirements.
Keynote speeches were given by Kim Seong-yeop, President of Vertiv Korea, and Ryu Ki-hoon, CEO of DEUS Inc., a company specializing in data center planning, construction, and operation. President Kim Seong-yeop and CEO Ryu Ki-hoon discussed key topics including key trends that are permeating the data center industry in Korea and Asia today, such as the spread of AI and high-performance computing (HPC).
“I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone who attended this year’s Vertiv Masterclass,” said Kim Sung-yeop, CEO. “I hope this event served as an opportunity to share insights into the future of critical infrastructure and an understanding of how Vertiv’s diverse solutions support today’s enterprises.”
At this year’s Vertiv Masterclass Korea event, experts from each field at Vertiv Korea gave lectures on key topics. Shin Il-seop, executive vice president of global data center business at Vertiv Korea, explained the impact of AI on data centers, and Shin Dong-jin, director of technical sales, introduced Vertiv’s power management solutions that support today’s high-density computing and beyond.
“In recent high-density AI servers, the IT power capacity has increased by at least 50% due to the increase in rack density, and the cooling paradigm has shifted to direct-to-chip (D2C) cooling or liquid immersion cooling, so the power supply for these cooling purposes is also being regarded as always-on power,” said Shin Dong-jin, Director. “In response to this trend, Vertiv is redeploying the power supply for liquid cooling as a critical load power supply so that it can be supplied together with IT UPS power, while continuously innovating its power solutions to support flexible expansion according to various computational load and AI load profiles and to achieve corporate sustainability goals.”
In addition, Vice President Yoo Hyeon, who is in charge of technical support, and Manager Lee Su-young, who is in charge of technical support for air conditioning solutions, gave lectures on the direction and application of Vertiv's high-efficiency cooling solutions according to the latest data center trends and the direction and application of cooling according to the transition to AI data centers, respectively.
“Recent AI servers consume more power and generate more heat than existing systems, making it difficult to cool them efficiently with existing air-cooling systems,” said Vice President Lee Soo-young. “The transition to liquid cooling is now essential, and in particular, the D2C liquid cooling solution, when applied together with a CDU (coolant distribution unit) for precision fluid distribution, can maximize the spatial efficiency of high-density AI servers, simplify the piping system, and even lower the PUE of data centers. Therefore, we expect its application to expand to many data centers in the future.”
Vertiv and future plans More information about the event can be found at Vertiv.com.