Data Center Storage Evolution: Liquid Cooling Emerges as Essential for Next-Gen SSDs
As AI workloads intensify in hyperscale data centers, storage systems face unprecedented thermal challenges. Solidigm’s prototype liquid-cooled SSD demonstration at the 2025 OCP Summit signals a fundamental shift in data center infrastructure requirements.
The Thermal Challenge in Modern Data Centers
Industry analysts suggest that the exponential growth of artificial intelligence applications is fundamentally reshaping data center infrastructure requirements. According to reports from the 2025 OCP Summit in Silicon Valley, attendance surged to nearly 12,000 participants, up significantly from approximately 7,500 in 2024, with much of this growth attributed to AI infrastructure investments. This increased focus on AI capabilities is driving unprecedented demands for more sophisticated computer cooling solutions across all data center components.
