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“ The densities that we’ re seeing now are significantly higher than we saw two years ago,” Hatem says.“ Some new cooling technologies, for example, has little track record in the region, so for whatever we design now, we probably can’ t look it up. You have to reason that out. You have to go back to your first principles and be willing to be wrong and learn from your mistakes. That’ s the part of the job that I really enjoy and that’ s what inspires me on a daily basis.”
Crucially, designing for modern compute requires separating temporary IT trends from permanent physical infrastructure:“ Rack density is just a symptom, it’ s not the real issue,” he adds.“ The key design changes are in power capacity, cooling capacity and the structure of the building. It’ s about designing for those permanent elements.”
Because physical structures outlive compute cycles, future-proofing demands intentional generosity in the foundational engineering.
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