Immersion Cooling
Everything you need to know
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Immersion cooling redefines IT thermal management by completely enveloping hardware in a specialized dielectric, thermally conductive fluid. By placing servers in direct contact with the coolant, heat is captured at the source—guaranteeing peak efficiency and absolute thermal uniformity across all components.
Immersion cooling is a primary subset within the liquid cooling ecosystem. At its core, liquid cooling encompasses any thermal management methodology that utilizes specialized fluids to dissipate heat from high-performance silicon, such as CPUs and GPUs. By leveraging the superior thermal conductivity of liquids compared to air, these solutions efficiently absorb and transport heat away from critical hardware components.
The liquid cooling landscape comprises several distinct methodologies, ranging from closed and custom loops to Rear-Door Heat Exchangers (RDHx). At Sunnycore, we deliver high-capacity cooling infrastructure with a core focus on Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) and Immersion technology. This dedicated space is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of our immersion cooling solutions.
When talking about immersion, we’ll find two types of immersion cooling: single-phase immersion cooling and two-phase immersion cooling. Overall, immersion cooling has different applications for general and intensive workloads. Whether you are handling general tasks or pushing the limits of performance, immersion can be the ideal choice for both options.
This approach offers numerous benefits, particularly regarding environmental sustainability, as it allows data centers to operate in a greener and more resource-efficient manner. In recent years, mounting environmental concerns have served as a significant catalyst for the widespread adoption of this technology.
At Sunnycore, our vision is to promote sustainable data centers utilizing advanced liquid cooling technologies. In the following sections, we will delve into immersion cooling and the advantages it offers. Whether you are unfamiliar with this technique or already consider yourself an expert, we invite you to continue reading to expand your knowledge!
Immersion cooling is a primary subset within the liquid cooling ecosystem. At its core, liquid cooling encompasses any thermal management methodology that utilizes specialized fluids to dissipate heat from high-performance silicon, such as CPUs and GPUs. By leveraging the superior thermal conductivity of liquids compared to air, these solutions efficiently absorb and transport heat away from critical hardware components.
The liquid cooling landscape comprises several distinct methodologies, ranging from closed and custom loops to Rear-Door Heat Exchangers (RDHx). At Sunnycore, we deliver high-capacity cooling infrastructure with a core focus on Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) and Immersion technology. This dedicated space is designed to provide an in-depth exploration of our immersion cooling solutions.
When talking about immersion, we’ll find two types of immersion cooling: single-phase immersion cooling and two-phase immersion cooling. Overall, immersion cooling has different applications for general and intensive workloads. Whether you are handling general tasks or pushing the limits of performance, immersion can be the ideal choice for both options.
This approach offers numerous benefits, particularly regarding environmental sustainability, as it allows data centers to operate in a greener and more resource-efficient manner. In recent years, mounting environmental concerns have served as a significant catalyst for the widespread adoption of this technology.
At Sunnycore, our vision is to promote sustainable data centers utilizing advanced liquid cooling technologies. In the following sections, we will delve into immersion cooling and the advantages it offers. Whether you are unfamiliar with this technique or already consider yourself an expert, we invite you to continue reading to expand your knowledge!
The Basics of Immersion Cooling
To fully grasp the potential impact of immersion cooling on data centers, we must first establish a clear understanding of three key areas: defining the technology, explaining the rationale for its adoption, and detailing its operational principles.
What Immersion Cooling Really Means
As previously noted, immersion cooling is gaining significant traction among forward-thinking data centers. However, what exactly drives this growing popularity, and what sets this method apart from conventional cooling strategies?
So, Why Immersion Cooling?
Opting for immersion cooling is a strategic decision that offers significant advantages from both an operational standpoint and a practical application perspective.
– Immersion cooling simplifies datacenter commissioning.
– It makes datacenter maintenance easier.
– Deployment is fast and straightforward.
Furthermore, immersion cooling for datacenters makes sense from an environmental perspective.
- According to the European Commission, in 2020 data centers consumed about 2% of the world’s electricity. By 2030, is expected this percentage is expected to grow to up to 8%.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 28% of the water use in office buildings is for the cooling and heating system.
- In what we consider a conventional datacenter, the amount of potable water consumed per year is up to 464,242,900.6992 litres.
What Immersion Cooling Really Means
As previously noted, immersion cooling is gaining significant traction among forward-thinking data centers. However, what exactly drives this growing popularity, and what sets this method apart from conventional cooling strategies?
So, Why Immersion Cooling?
Opting for immersion cooling is a strategic decision that offers significant advantages from both an operational standpoint and a practical application perspective.
– Immersion cooling simplifies datacenter commissioning.
– It makes datacenter maintenance easier.
– Deployment is fast and straightforward.
Furthermore, immersion cooling for datacenters makes sense from an environmental perspective.
- According to the European Commission, in 2020 data centers consumed about 2% of the world’s electricity. By 2030, is expected this percentage is expected to grow to up to 8%.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 28% of the water use in office buildings is for the cooling and heating system.
- In what we consider a conventional datacenter, the amount of potable water consumed per year is up to 464,242,900.6992 litres.
The Immersion Cooling Advantage
Adopting immersion cooling yields an extensive array of advantages, particularly in the realms of sustainability and operational efficiency. This is crucial because these two areas represent the most significant hurdles the industry faces today and in the coming years. By implementing immersion cooling, facilities can drastically cut water consumption, lower carbon footprints, and achieve various other environmental goals.
Scalable, Modular Immersion Cooling
Maximize your spatial footprint and overcome scaling constraints by integrating immersion cooling into your infrastructure.
Decarbonize Your Infrastructure with Immersion Cooling
While traditional data centers consume vast amounts of fossil-fuel-derived energy to power legacy cooling, immersion cooling drastically slashes power requirements for both operation and thermal management—delivering a significant reduction in CO2 emissions.
How Immersion Cooling works
What is the mechanism behind an immersion cooling system? In this setup, servers are fully enveloped in a dielectric fluid; however, this requires a specialized infrastructure to function. As hardware components produce thermal energy during use, the cooling liquid makes direct contact with the circuitry. This allow for the heat to be efficiently moved from the components into the fluid via conduction.
Types of Immersion Cooling
Immersion cooling typically utilizes two distinct methodologies: single-phase and two-phase. In a single-phase system, the dielectric fluid remains in a constant liquid state throughout the thermal cycle—it never undergoes a phase change, boils, or freezes. Conversely, two-phase immersion relies on a phase-change process where the coolant boils into a vapor and subsequently condenses to facilitate heat transfer.
So, what distinguishes single-phase from two-phase immersion cooling? Explore the comparative breakdown below to understand the fundamental operational and technical differences between these two cooling architectures.
Single-phase coolant never changes state, it never boils or freezes and always remains in a liquid form
Easier to access
Does not require a high level of maintenance
In two-phase cooling, the working fluid boils and thus exists in both a liquid and gas phase
Complex to access
Requires more maintenance
At the core of our solutions lies single-phase immersion cooling—a strategic choice driven by our commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. By utilizing a biodegradable, non-toxic, and non-flammable dielectric fluid, we provide a safe, non-corrosive environment with a lifespan that often exceeds that of the data center itself. Ultimately, this approach delivers an optimal equilibrium of high-performance efficiency, operational simplicity, and seamless scalability.
At Sunnycore, we analyze your unique requirements to recommend the ideal liquid cooling strategy—meticulously tailored to your infrastructure, performance benchmarks, and sustainability mandates.
Immersion Cooling: The Fluid
The superior efficiency of immersion cooling over traditional air cooling is primarily driven by the physical properties of the dielectric fluid itself. Because liquid serves as a far more effective medium for heat conduction than air, selecting the right coolant is fundamental to unlocking the full performance and economic benefits of immersion technology.
Dielectric fluids are primarily composed of hydrocarbon-based compounds, ranging from natural vegetable oils and refined mineral oils to advanced fluorocarbons and other synthetic liquids. These coolants are specifically categorized and optimized based on their application within either single-phase or two-phase immersion cooling architectures.
Immersion Cooling Applications
Immersion cooling is a versatile technology with a vast range of applications. Whether your goal is to maximize operational efficiency or turn infrastructure challenges into strategic advantages, immersion cooling is engineered to meet your unique requirements. It excels across all workload intensities—from routine web hosting to high-performance computing (HPC) tasks like large-scale data analytics and complex scientific simulations. By delivering superior thermal management, reduced energy consumption, and near-silent operation, our single-phase immersion cooling solutions empower companies to achieve high-density scaling through a reliable and sustainable infrastructure.
Cooling General Workloads With Immersion
Whether you are driven by operational efficiency, rapid scalability, or a commitment to infrastructure sustainability, our immersion cooling solutions provide a comprehensive foundation for all general-purpose workloads.
- Cloud Computing
- Web Hosting Workloads
- Backup and Storage/ Email Servers
- Virtualization
Immersion Cooling for Intensive Workloads
Immersion cooling for high-density compute workloads represents the most efficient pathway to meeting the demands of today’s AI-driven landscape. Whether your infrastructure is centered on CPUs or GPUs, our high-performance solutions are engineered to master the most challenging Thermal Design Power (TDP) profiles.
- Data Analytics & Scientific Simulations.
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.
- High-Performance Computing (HPC).
- Transactional Workloads.
- Virtual Desktops.
The Products of Immersion Cooling:
Our immersion cooling lineup is unified under the ‘Sunnycore Cools’ brand umbrella. We have engineered a suite of modular solutions that empower users to seamlessly scale their infrastructure while maximizing spatial efficiency, slashing energy overhead, and significantly boosting compute density. Currently, our portfolio features three flagship products available in multiple configurations, ensuring a precision fit for the unique technical demands and operational specifications of any organization.
DT EVO
The DT EVO represents the ultimate evolution of our flagship series and the most streamlined path to adopting immersion cooling. Engineered as a high-performance, plug-and-play solution, it enables rapid deployment at scale without the complexity of traditional retrofitting. With a formidable heat dissipation capacity of 140 kW+, the DT EVO maximizes compute power while significantly shrinking your environmental footprint. Available in both single and dual-CDU configurations for optimized redundancy and performance, the DT EVO delivers the following key advantages:
- Efficiency and sustainability
- Ease of deployment
- Smooth and predictable daily IT operations
DT EXO
The DT EXO represents our cutting-edge immersion cooling architecture, specifically engineered to master extreme power densities while delivering exceptional thermal performance for next-generation data centers. As an inherently climate-resilient solution, the EXO empowers facilities to hit ambitious sustainability targets and future-proof their operations against environmental volatility. Beyond its cooling prowess, several key engineering innovations make the DT EXO the definitive choice for the modern data center landscape.
- More heat dissipation capacity.
- Straightforward IT operations.
- Remote system management.
MicroPod
The MicroPod is our edge-ready “data center in-a-box,” purpose-built to address the surging demand for localized infrastructure. Whether supporting telecommunications, low-latency streaming, or decentralized cloud computing, the MicroPod brings your compute power closer to the end-user. This ultra-flexible, modular system features integrated secondary cooling and up to 7 kW of heat dissipation capacity. From urban office buildings and industrial warehouses to remote, off-grid sites with harsh climatic conditions, the MicroPod is engineered to perform reliably anywhere.
Other benefits of the MicroPod include:
- Low energy footprint
- Reduction of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- Zero water consumption
- Increase hardware lifespan
- Dramatic OPEX reduction