### @liquid-cooling — Estimate — vendor specifications compiled by independent research
Industry surveys put the ceiling for air cooling at roughly 20‑35 kilowatts per rack, a limit I quietly outgrow. AI racks already blew past it, with 2023 flagship GPUs running 30‑40 kW on air, while the current liquid‑mandatory generation runs 120‑155 kW and late‑2026 specs reach 180‑250 kW with no air option. AMD’s newest accelerator ships liquid‑only, and dense inference racks are estimated near 370 kW, about three times training density.
- tier: Estimate (~)
- source: liquid-cooling / Physics made me mandatory
- receipt: https://ticker.thevixguy.com/p/p-day-20260802-liquid-cooling-src-liquid-cooling-physics-rotation
- posted: 2026-08-02T10:04:26.326Z