No longer a secondary market, Atlanta is among one of the hottest and fastest-growing datacenter markets in North America. In the latest episode of The Modern Data Center Journal Podcast, they sit down with Oscar Gross of Compu Dynamics to explore the demand signal bringing hyperscalers and colocation providers to Atlanta, and the challenges that could possibly derail its unprecedented growth.

The incredible demand for data center space and capacity has colocation providers and hyper scalers looking to new and emerging data center markets for potential growth and expansion.

The Modern Data Center Journal Podcast kicks off a new series of data center market spotlights with an in-depth discussion about Phoenix, Arizona with Ruben Garcia of Compu Dynamics. Together they explore a data center market already knocking on the door of “Tier One” status and hotter than the desert sun!

As artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and other advanced applications continue to rise in popularity and adoption, there has been a massive influx of these workloads into data centers. To keep pace and meet the cooling requirements of these power-hungry applications, data center owners and operators are looking to design and build new data centers with liquid cooling systems. In fact, the incredible demand for AI is even driving some owners and operators to retrofit existing data centers with liquid cooling systems.

At the heart of modern liquid cooling systems is a device known as the coolant distribution unit (CDU). But what is the CDU? What purpose does it serve? And what should data center owners and operators consider when purchasing and installing CDUs as part of their data center liquid cooling systems?

To find out, we invited Ben Graham, the Mechanical Project Manager and Estimator at Compu Dynamics, to join us on the first-ever episode of The Modern Data Center Journal Podcast. During our discussion, Ben educated us about the CDU, which he refers to as “The beating heart of the liquid cooling system.”