How a Data Center Cut Cooling Energy by 40 Percent

The Operations Podcast with Fexingo: Process, People, and Profit in Modern Business · Jul 17, 2026 · 7m · transcript

Data centers are the hidden backbone of the modern economy, and they're massive energy hogs—roughly 2 percent of global electricity, much of it going to cooling. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how one operator, EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, slashed cooling energy by 40 percent using a combination of liquid immersion cooling and AI-driven airflow optimization. They walk through the numbers: a power usage effectiveness drop from 1.6 to 1.12, saving millions annually. The episode gets into the trade-offs—higher upfront capex, maintenance complexity—and why this matters as AI…