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[I am not a current Google Employee so my understanding of this is based on externally written articles and “leap of faith” guestimation] Yes. A supply and ret

[I am not a current Google Employee so my understanding of this is based on externally written articles and “leap of faith” guestimation] Yes. A supply and return line along with power. Though if I had to guess how its setup this would be done with some super slick “it just works” kind of mount that lets them just slide the case in and lock it in place. When I was there almost all hardware replacement was made downright trivial so it could just be more or less slide in place and walk away.

nielsbot 1y ago
Maybe similar to a gasoline hose breakaway https://www.opwglobal.com/products/us/retail-fueling-products/standard-dispensing-equipment/swivels-and-breakaways/reconnectable-breakaways https://www.opwglobal.com/products/us/retail-fueling-product...
michaelt 1y ago
Interestingly, entire supercomputers have been decommissioned [1] due to faulty quick disconnects causing water spray. So you can get a single, blind-mating connector combining power, data and water - but you might not want to :) [1] https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996 https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996
semi-extrinsic 1y ago
https://amphenol-industrial.com/products/liquid-cooling-systems/ https://amphenol-industrial.com/products/liquid-cooling-syst...
- tesseract 1y ago
  CPC is in this market too https://www.cpcworldwide.com/Liquid-Cooling/Products/Blind-Mate https://www.cpcworldwide.com/Liquid-Cooling/Products/Blind-M... Non-spill fluid quick disconnects are established tech in industries like medical, chemical processing, beverage dispensing, and hydraulic power, so there are plenty of design concepts to draw on.
scrlk 1y ago
You can see the male quick disconnect fittings for the liquid cooling at each corner of the server in this photo: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8aMm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbe62fbd-2950-4584-b597-ccfbabd48bf6_2000x1331.jpeg https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8aMm!,f_auto,q_auto:... Looks like the power connector is in the centre. I'm not sure if backplane connectors are covered up by orange plugs?
- Romario77 1y ago
  it's not the center one, it's the side ones. Center seems to be a power supply.

nielsbot 1y ago

Maybe similar to a gasoline hose breakaway https://www.opwglobal.com/products/us/retail-fueling-products/standard-dispensing-equipment/swivels-and-breakaways/reconnectable-breakaways https://www.opwglobal.com/products/us/retail-fueling-product...

michaelt 1y ago

Interestingly, entire supercomputers have been decommissioned [1] due to faulty quick disconnects causing water spray. So you can get a single, blind-mating connector combining power, data and water - but you might not want to :) [1] https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996 https://gsaauctions.gov/auctions/preview/282996

semi-extrinsic 1y ago

https://amphenol-industrial.com/products/liquid-cooling-systems/ https://amphenol-industrial.com/products/liquid-cooling-syst...

tesseract 1y ago
CPC is in this market too https://www.cpcworldwide.com/Liquid-Cooling/Products/Blind-Mate https://www.cpcworldwide.com/Liquid-Cooling/Products/Blind-M... Non-spill fluid quick disconnects are established tech in industries like medical, chemical processing, beverage dispensing, and hydraulic power, so there are plenty of design concepts to draw on.

scrlk 1y ago

You can see the male quick disconnect fittings for the liquid cooling at each corner of the server in this photo: https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8aMm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdbe62fbd-2950-4584-b597-ccfbabd48bf6_2000x1331.jpeg https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8aMm!,f_auto,q_auto:... Looks like the power connector is in the centre. I'm not sure if backplane connectors are covered up by orange plugs?

Romario77 1y ago
it's not the center one, it's the side ones. Center seems to be a power supply.