The whole condensate pipe is like the human vascular circulation system, which is very complex throughout the building. It's not just a cobweb-like arrangement of pipelines, these condensate pipes alone are complex enough, it's also about the entire power system, and the entire network system.

With so many pipelines interspersed and staggered, careful layout planning is required, otherwise there may be many problems and later maintenance is very troublesome.

In addition, there are many problems to be solved, such as water vapor condensation from the condensing system and the ability to respond in the event of an accident.

Entire fleets of servers and supercomputers emit a lot of heat when they are running at full capacity. The condensing system, on the other hand, uses cold water to cool these devices.

When hot air meets cold air, it quickly cools down and condenses into water droplets. And indoors, which are dotted with servers and supercomputers, these droplets can be extremely dangerous. For example, the short circuit of electronic components, because of the short circuit of electronic components caused by water droplets, may burn the entire LSI or cause a fire, resulting in huge losses.

Secondly, these water droplets can also accelerate the old saying of equipment and electronic components, because the water vapor brought by the water droplets will cause these metal components to rust and age.

Then, it is the setting of the entire emergency consumption system. It is also a very rigorous science, and it is not just a matter of putting a few fire faucets or two bottles of fire extinguishers.

It is also officially because of the complexity of so many pipelines, so this building abandoned reinforced concrete and adopted a steel structure. Only a steel structure can be so flexible in layout and bear the weight of so many pipelines.

Although the design of this building follows the shape design of the entire new headquarters campus, the interior design is all designed by a professional design team in this field, and the construction is also carried out by a professional steel structure and pipeline construction team. The cost of building this building alone, plus the cost of the server set and the supercomputer, is almost equal to the entire other six buildings.

And the demand for hyperscale server groups and supercomputers is increasing day by day. At this stage, except for some of the core servers, all the other servers are leased, and the rental cost of these servers alone is quite expensive every month.

The second is the supercomputer, which is currently only equipped with a mainframe computer, which is intelligently used for general data computing. For example, some more complex data model calculations are basically applied to rent other commercial supercomputers in China for computing.

It's just that this kind of supercomputer is in short supply, and it needs to be queued for appointments, which greatly limits their research and development capabilities.

Therefore, Wu Hao will pay more attention to this project.

As for why the building is called the 'Torch', it is mainly due to its layout that resembles a torch. The torch is divided into two parts, namely the handshake of the torch below, and the flame burning above.

Most of the middle and lower floors of the building are equipped with server units, and only the supercomputers installed at the top of the upper floors are installed. It's like a torch, with the capacity stored inside the handshake below for the torch on top to burn.

Similarly, the data in the server is also used by the supercomputer to perform calculations, so it is relatively similar. In private, everyone just called it a torch, and then they got used to it by shouting.

Hearing Wu Hao's greeting, Dong Yiming immediately nodded and said: "Because the whole building adopts a modular design of steel structure, the construction speed is very fast, and the main body of the building has been completed.

Complex pipeline installations are underway, and progress is slow because they are too complex. At the current rate, it could be completed almost by next winter. ”

Hearing Dong Yiming's words, Wu Hao nodded and said: "This building is the core part of the new headquarters, so we must ensure the quality and pay close attention to the construction period."

You must know that our current ability to resist cyber attacks is actually very poor, and most of the servers we use at this stage are rented by others, which is very insecure.

So the project had to be expedited, to make sure that it was ready for use at the same time as we moved into the new headquarters. ”

When Dong Yiming heard this, he immediately responded: "Don't worry, I will continue to keep an eye on this aspect to ensure that it can be completed with quality and quantity before we move in." ”

Wu Hao smiled when he heard this, and then looked at Zou Xiaodong next to him and said, "You are in charge of the server group, how is it going?" ”

Zou Xiaodong nodded and said, "Since we reached an agreement with Hwei, Inspur and Shuguang last year, we have been following up on this project. At present, the R&D progress of the two companies has been basically completed, and the test work is underway. If all goes well, it will be able to start production next month.

By the end of the year, the first batch of servers will be able to move into the torch for on-site installation and commissioning. The entire installation is expected to be completed by May next year, followed by lengthy commissioning. ”

"It's still a bit slow, but it's a little tighter, and anyway, I'm going to have to complete the installation by next summer. With three brands and such a huge server fleet, the entire post-commissioning work must be very complicated, so it is necessary to reserve some time. Wu Hao frowned and said with some dissatisfaction.

Zou Xiaodong smiled bitterly at this: "I've been urging in this regard, but they can't help it, if it is an ordinary server group, it is very simple, the installation and debugging work is relatively easy, and the time is completely fine."

But this time, they're using our swarm array control technology, and we're going to have to give them some time to learn about it. ”

Wu Hao waved his hand at this and said: "You can grasp this aspect yourself, I want to see the result." If the server can't be officially put into use by then, I'm the only one to ask. ”

Hearing Wu Hao's words, the scene suddenly fell silent. Zou Xiaodong had a bitter face, struggled for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "I will definitely do my best to ensure that the server can be put into use on time." ”

"I didn't mean to force you, it's really time not allowed, so understand." Wu Hao smiled when he heard this.

Then he turned his head to look at Yang Fan on the side and said, "What about the supercomputer, is there any problem?" ”

Yang Fan, who had not spoken on the side and didn't even have any sense of existence, immediately put down the water cup and shook his head to reveal white teeth and smiled: "There is no problem, the current research and development is progressing smoothly." We had a great time working with several academicians to ensure that the delivery was completed before the deadline. ”

Hearing Yang Fan's words, everyone was different. Everyone can be familiar with Yang Fan, but they are also relatively unfamiliar. Because in everyone's eyes, Yang Fan is very mysterious, and it seems that he only listens to Wu Hao's words.

Including Zhang Jun and Zou Xiaodong, they felt more and more unfamiliar with Yang Fan.