Idle temperature is ~ 10 C higher with ConnectX connection

Not sure if this happens to every one and if this is normal, if I connect two Sparks together by ConnectX, then the idle temperature will be ~10 C higher (from 42 to 52 C) even when nothing is loaded on the system (just fresh from boot) and there should be minimal traffic between the two Sparks.

Is this normal and does it happen to other people?

It is standard as the ConnectX-7 chip is powered off with nothing connected. That chip is adding 17W of heat per node.