UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK, DE-FOA-0002851 COOLERCHIPS NEW COMPETITIVE AWARD. UMD WILL DEVELOP CO-SIMULATION DECISION SUPPORT SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR THE DESIGN OF NEXT-GENERATION DATA CENTERS THAT DRAMATICALLY LOWER ENERGY DEMAND, CO2 FOOTPRINT, AND COST WHILE MAINTAINING EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH RELIABILITY. FOA TECHNICAL CATEGORY A AND B AWARDEES WILL DEPEND ON THE RESULTING SOFTWARE TO ACHIEVE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND DISRUPTIVE DESIGN ADVANCES COMPARED TO EXISTING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGIES. WITHOUT THIS TOOL, TECHNICAL CATEGORY A AND B TEAMS WOULD, IN THE BEST CASE, BE RESTRICTED TO DOING EACH OF THESE SIMULATIONS SEPARATELY AND ON DIFFERENT INCOMPATIBLE PLATFORMS; IN THE WORST CASE, THEY WOULD BE FORCED TO RELY ON HEURISTICS.