The Biggest Test Bench I’ve Ever Seen

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A test bench usually means power, cooling, and tools at your fingertips. But what do you do when the hardware you need to validate pulls over 100,000 watts? ASUS sponsored us to tour their data center R&D lab, where they develop and torture test their enterprise AI server hardware. We got our first look under the hood of a liquid cooled GB300, stepped inside a 40C server oven, and found out why their chiller is less chill than it should be.

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CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:10 R&D Lab 2:00 Liquid-Cooled GB300 4:15 Back in the Lab 6:25 Chiller 7:45 Environmental Chamber 6:15 "2nd Thermal Lab" 9:55 Software 11:02 Outro