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The Cold War Tech Saving the AI Revolution

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The Cold War Tech Saving the AI Revolution

11 min

Engineers are repurposing nuclear submarine cooling and Soviet-era grid isolators to prevent modern AI data centers from melting down the power grid.

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Show notes

Overview of the thermal challenges facing Nvidia Blackwell and future AI hardware.

Deep dive into Microsoft's Project Natick and the new Shanghai underwater data center.

History of Soviet HVDC technology and its role in modern grid stabilization.

Explanation of two-phase immersion cooling and dielectric fluids.

In this episode

  1. 1Intro1 min
  2. 2The Thermal Wall of the AI Boom2 min
  3. 3Nuclear Submarine Tech in the Server Room3 min
  4. 4The Soviet Grid Legacy3 min
  5. 5Immersion: The Final Frontier3 min
  6. 6Outro1 min

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