Fujitsu, Super Micro to Jointly Develop Energy-Efficient AI Servers

By Sherry Qin

Japanese electronics company Fujitsu and U.S. server maker Super Micro Computer plan to collaborate on developing energy-efficient artificial-intelligence servers to support surging AI workloads.

The two companies will leverage Super Micro's "building block" approach and integrate Fujitsu's energy-saving Monaka processor to create an AI server portfolio in response to growing demand for data-center capacity, Super Micro said in a statement late Wednesday. The two companies will also jointly develop water-cooling systems for high performance computing, generative AI and data centers.

Super Micro Computers, commonly referred to as Supermicro, is known for making electronic "building blocks" that can be quickly built and assembled into servers in an almost endless number of configurations.

Fujitsu's Monaka processor is an Arm-based chip, employing 2-nanometer technology and is set to be delivered in 2027.

The AI boom has posed increasing challenges to power consumption. Data centers could use as much as 9% of U.S. electricity by 2030, according to the Electric Power Research Institute.

Write to Sherry Qin at sherry.qin@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 02, 2024 23:54 ET (03:54 GMT)

Copyright (c) 2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.