/PRZWT/Walking into the National Supercomputing Taiyuan Center, rows of "Taihang-1" computer cabinets were neatly arranged, and the server indicator lights were flashing and running at high speed, but there was no roar. Unlike common data centers, the main board and processor of the "Taihang-1" here are soaked in "water" and "spit bubbles".
How to achieve a quiet "bath" while efficient "calculation"? Zhao Chongshan, director of the National Supercomputing Taiyuan Center, told reporters that this is a new generation of fully immersed phase change liquid cooling technology. The water seen is a low-boiling electronic fluoride liquid, which does not conduct electricity. When the temperature exceeds 50 degrees Celsius, the electronic fluoride liquid will vaporize, taking away heat, thus achieving the effect of cooling the host.
"Immersing all computing components in liquid refrigerant can achieve high density, full coverage, no dead ends, and efficient constant temperature cooling, which can effectively solve the heat dissipation problem of large data centers." Zhao Chongshan said that the current breakthrough of the power utilization efficiency (PUE value) of the core computer room in the center has been reduced to 1.04, and the equipment can achieve ultra-low energy consumption, ultra-high efficiency and longer service life.
As key technologies continue to innovate, they predict the weather, simulate the path of typhoons, and help scientists develop new drugs... Supercomputing, which is invisible and intangible, is playing an important role in many key fields.
On the central screen, the global and regionally integrated SD3 system is running, and three "digital earth" images are displayed in front of you, two of which are calculated simulated cloud images and one is a real satellite cloud image, and there is almost no difference between them.
"This is equivalent to using a computer to construct the entire earth's atmosphere. Not only is the amount of data huge, but it also requires extremely high accuracy." With the powerful computing power of the Taihang-1 platform, the system can now predict the weather conditions in the next 14 days. The calculation accuracy can reach 1.5 kilometers by 1.5 kilometers, achieving a breakthrough of "hour level" and "kilometer level".
At present, the National Supercomputing Taiyuan Center has built six advanced computing platforms in artificial intelligence, high-end equipment, industrial simulation, life science, ecological environment, and earth science to serve industry applications. Play a powerful role in computing power in drug molecular design, genetic analysis, planetary simulation, and other fields.
Not only does it have strong computing power, but the National Supercomputing Taiyuan Center is also continuing to expand the openness of the industrial ecosystem. It is reported that the center can currently adapt to commercial frameworks such as Baidu, SenseTime, and Huawei, and is compatible with mainstream artificial intelligence algorithm models in the industry. It supports mainstream commercial large-scale model applications in various types of artificial intelligence scenarios such as image recognition, natural language processing, and Al For Science.
In recent years, Shanxi Province has formulated a package of policies and measures to promote the transformation of resource advantages into computing power advantages. Data show that in the first half of 2025, Shanxi Province's computing power center revenue increased by 69.5%, the added value of computer office equipment manufacturing increased by 83.1%, and the added value of information transmission, software and information technology services increased by 15.9%, higher than the national 4.8 percentage points.
Zhao Chongshan said that in the next step, the center will rely on the strong computing power foundation of the "Taihang No. 1" host, adhere to the two-wheel drive of supercomputing application services and supercomputing ecological construction, keep up with the development trend of cutting-edge computing in the future, and strive to create a national supercomputing center with status, characteristics and scale in the national strategic pattern.
