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Uravu's salty solution to the data center cooling conundrum
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Key facts
- This means cooling water can be returned at a temperature of 27-32°C (80-90°F)
- Uravu’s story begins in 2012, but the idea for the company is rooted in CEO Swapnil Shrivastav’s love of George Lucas’s famous sci-fi universe
- Uravu has raised $4.7 million from a variety of venture capital backers, and plans to launch a Series A funding round later in the year
- The reporter thinks you need a balance between material and system design, and the reporter would say their team is 70 percent focused on system design and thermal engineering, and 30 percent on the material
Summary
Startup Uravu believes it has come up with the perfect recipe for data center operators looking to make their data halls more efficient. If Uravu’s founders get their way, the technology, which already provides a sustainable source of drinking water for 40 hotels and restaurants, could soon be on the menu at campuses around the world. Uravu’s story begins in 2012, but the idea for the company is rooted in CEO Swapnil Shrivastav’s love of George Lucas’s famous sci-fi universe. “In 2012, I was a second-year undergraduate student, and there was a student competition around the theme of the future of water and the city,” he says.