Basics of Thermoelectric Cooling and Heating

In the US, data center power consumption is expected to more than double by 2030 from levels measured in 2022. An earlier study, from 2016, by McKinsey calculated that the volume of data in the world doubled every three years. 

The deluge of online information through AI, IoT, data mining, AR/VR applications and more is resulting in more powerful systems and networks. But it’s also generating ever-increasing quantities of heat, an enemy of system performance and component life. 

Thermoelectric coolers are one solution to battle rising temperatures and protect the life and performance of electronics. However, they aren’t limited to just that. TECs have a broad range of applications in other fields like photonics, opto-electronics, refrigeration, medical, industrial and more.

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