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W45

ASHRAE's liquid-cooling classes keyed to maximum facility-water supply temperature, where a higher number means warmer water: less chiller capex and heat-reuse potential, less thermal headroom.

Also written as: W17 · W27 · W32 · W40

Current numbers

~45 °Cwarm-water inlet band (W40/W45) GB200 & Rubin target — enables near-year-round chiller-less free coolingas of 2026 · register ↗

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