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Copper Chaos: The Tiny 3D-Printed Spikes That Could Save AI From Melting the Planet

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Society & Culture, Science, Tech News

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Cooling copper plates could slash data center energy use by 90% 3D-Printed Copper Plates Could Cut Data Center Cooling Energy Use by 97% Contact the Show: coolstuffdailypodcast@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.1

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0:39.5

Each episode invites you into the village, a soothing place where life moves gently.

0:45.4

From the inn on the lake to the downtown bookstore, from the farmer's market to a cabin in the woods,

0:53.6

you'll hear warm, family-friendly stories designed to help you slow down, breathe a little easier, and just feel at home.

1:00.8

Think of it like a grown-up version of Mr. Rogers' neighborhoods, gentle, thoughtful, and full of everyday magic.

1:09.7

From the creator of the internationally beloved podcast, Nothing Much Happens, this series expands the village into a rich, ongoing world.

1:11.6

It's not about falling to sleep. It's about comfort, calm, and the joy of a rich, ongoing world. It's not about falling to sleep.

1:15.2

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1:24.4

It's a delightful introduction into the village's gentle, pace, and whimsy.

1:28.7

You can listen to stories from the village of nothing much wherever you get your podcast. Welcome to Cool Stuff Daily. I'm Zach Morris. Today's episode, Copper Chaos, the tiny

1:37.2

3D printed spikes that could save AI from melting the planet. Today's story sounds like something

1:42.4

out of a cyberpunk engineering fever dream, microscopic

1:45.6

copper spikes, printed layer by layer, thinner than a human hair, may have just cracked

1:50.1

one of AI's biggest hidden problems, keeping gigantic data centers from cooking themselves

1:55.0

alive.

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