{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7154330017","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","title":"DCGen 1.1 Technical Report: Generating Datacenter Configurations (including IT, Power, Cooling)","display_name":"DCGen 1.1 Technical Report: Generating Datacenter Configurations (including IT, Power, Cooling)","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-15","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7154330017","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5092683215","display_name":"W\u00e8dan Emmanuel Gnibga","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0005-5025-0707"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Gnibga, Wedan Emmanuel","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5085538238","display_name":"Andrew A. Chien","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1204-206X"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Chien, Andrew A.","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.3188000023365021,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10101","display_name":"Cloud Computing and Resource Management","score":0.3188000023365021,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10054","display_name":"Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques","score":0.13650000095367432,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1708","display_name":"Hardware and Architecture"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10829","display_name":"Interconnection Networks and Systems","score":0.08460000157356262,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rack","display_name":"Rack","score":0.6093999743461609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cloud-computing","display_name":"Cloud computing","score":0.6071000099182129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interconnection","display_name":"Interconnection","score":0.45249998569488525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-center","display_name":"Data center","score":0.4474000036716461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power","display_name":"Power (physics)","score":0.4462999999523163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/server","display_name":"Server","score":0.42739999294281006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/networking-hardware","display_name":"Networking hardware","score":0.40230000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/grid","display_name":"Grid","score":0.38659998774528503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scale","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","score":0.3853999972343445}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.6341999769210815},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776843527","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351382","display_name":"Rack","level":2,"score":0.6093999743461609},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.6071000099182129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5239999890327454},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123745756","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1665949","display_name":"Interconnection","level":2,"score":0.45249998569488525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153740404","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q671224","display_name":"Data center","level":2,"score":0.4474000036716461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.4462999999523163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.42739999294281006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159631557","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1546066","display_name":"Networking hardware","level":2,"score":0.40230000019073486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187691185","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2020720","display_name":"Grid","level":2,"score":0.38659998774528503},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778755073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10858537","display_name":"Scale (ratio)","level":2,"score":0.3853999972343445},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149635348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193040","display_name":"Embedded system","level":1,"score":0.38109999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136197465","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1729295","display_name":"Variety (cybernetics)","level":2,"score":0.3716000020503998},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89227174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2388981","display_name":"Electric power system","level":3,"score":0.3481999933719635},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C83283714","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121117","display_name":"Supercomputer","level":2,"score":0.33169999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21881925","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3503313","display_name":"Power density","level":3,"score":0.30720001459121704},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C200601418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2193887","display_name":"Reliability engineering","level":1,"score":0.3043000102043152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C423512","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q383973","display_name":"Electricity generation","level":3,"score":0.2872999906539917},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778572836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380933","display_name":"Space (punctuation)","level":2,"score":0.28600001335144043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781007418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1456934","display_name":"Capacity planning","level":2,"score":0.2858000099658966},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101468663","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1620158","display_name":"Modular design","level":2,"score":0.28189998865127563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118993495","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5042828","display_name":"Electrical efficiency","level":3,"score":0.2806999981403351},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124304363","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673661","display_name":"Abstraction","level":2,"score":0.27880001068115234},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C185874996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269699","display_name":"Interdependence","level":2,"score":0.2759000062942505},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.27320000529289246},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.27149999141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40293303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27137","display_name":"Electric power","level":3,"score":0.2646999955177307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2742236","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924713","display_name":"Efficient energy use","level":2,"score":0.259799987077713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C88482812","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6453666","display_name":"Modular programming","level":2,"score":0.2583000063896179},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C168292644","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10860336","display_name":"Power optimization","level":4,"score":0.257099986076355},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.25450000166893005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36877392","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1229571","display_name":"Distributed power","level":3,"score":0.25200000405311584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.25049999356269836}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2604.09616","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9","score":0.657508134841919,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Diversification":[0],"of":[1,10,20,56,86,104,130,145,175,185,239],"digital":[2],"applications":[3],"and":[4,24,32,37,59,84,111,121,127,133,140,148,161,167,195,200,251],"workloads":[5],"has":[6],"driven":[7],"the":[8,57,90,138,221],"development":[9],"diverse":[11],"datacenter":[12,58,76,105,141,181,222,231],"architectures":[13],"on":[14,67],"ever-larger":[15],"scales.":[16],"These":[17],"datacenters":[18,35],"consist":[19],"complex":[21],"IT,":[22,131],"power,":[23,118,146],"cooling":[25,82,110,199],"systems":[26],"with":[27,89],"interdependencies":[28],"that":[29,212],"influence":[30],"configuration":[31],"performance.":[33],"As":[34],"scale":[36,182],"power":[38,112,126,134,187,201,217,240],"density":[39,241],"increase,":[40],"designing":[41],"realistic":[42,173,230],"models":[43],"becomes":[44],"more":[45],"difficult,":[46],"particularly":[47],"for":[48,214],"research,":[49],"because":[50],"it":[51],"requires":[52],"understanding":[53],"all":[54],"layers":[55],"how":[60],"they":[61],"interact.":[62],"Consequently,":[63],"many":[64],"studies":[65,238],"rely":[66],"outdated":[68],"or":[69,216],"unrealistic":[70],"designs.":[71],"To":[72],"support":[73],"research":[74,228],"in":[75,183],"hardware":[77,170],"design":[78],"principles,":[79],"operational":[80],"dynamics,":[81],"mechanisms,":[83],"interactions":[85],"these":[87],"facilities":[88],"electrical":[91,117],"grid,":[92],"we":[93],"have":[94],"designed":[95],"DCGen,":[96],"a":[97,102,208],"tool":[98,124,226],"which":[99],"can":[100,179],"generate":[101],"variety":[103],"configurations":[106],"(including":[107],"IT":[108,169],"hardware,":[109],"distribution":[113,202],"infrastructures)":[114],"at":[115,136],"various":[116],"compute":[119,196],"capability,":[120],"area":[122],"targets.The":[123],"captures":[125],"space":[128,215,252],"characteristics":[129],"cooling,":[132],"infrastructures":[135],"both":[137,186],"rack":[139],"levels,":[142],"enabling":[143],"modeling":[144],"energy,":[147],"space.":[149],"DCGen":[150,204],"leverages":[151],"specific":[152],"use":[153],"cases":[154],"such":[155],"as":[156],"AI":[157,159],"training,":[158],"inference,":[160],"cloud":[162],"services,":[163],"to":[164],"select":[165],"reference":[166],"canonical":[168],"configurations,":[171],"producing":[172],"mixes":[174],"server":[176],"types.":[177],"It":[178],"target":[180],"terms":[184],"(e.g.,":[188],"10":[189],"MW,":[190,192],"100":[191],"1":[193],"GW)":[194],"capability.":[197],"For":[198],"infrastructures,":[203],"chooses":[205],"components":[206],"from":[207],"production":[209],"equipment":[210],"catalog":[211],"optimizes":[213],"efficiency":[218],"while":[219],"meeting":[220],"capacity":[223,247],"requirements.":[224],"This":[225],"supports":[227],"using":[229],"designs":[232],"through":[233],"``what-if''":[234],"scenario":[235],"exploration,":[236],"including":[237],"evolution":[242],"over":[243],"time,":[244],"grid":[245],"interconnection":[246],"planning,":[248],"datacenter-grid":[249],"interactions,":[250],"management.":[253]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-01T06:00:48.157686","created_date":"2026-04-15T00:00:00"}