Accelsius, a pioneer in two-phase, direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology for data centers, has received a multi-million dollar strategic investment from Johnson Controls. In order to extract heat more effectively and with less energy, two-phase solutions employ “phase change” from liquid to vapor.
One of the most important part of equipment in a data center cooling, which effectively and consistently maintains the chips at the ideal temperature, which is essential to the digital economy and our daily existence.
Deploying energy- and water-efficient cooling solutions is one of the industry’s most urgent concerns, though, as cooling systems consume between 30% and 40% of a data center’s overall energy.
Johnson Controls has already pioneered a number of breakthrough innovations for data centers including its YORK® YVAM magnetic bearing chiller – a solution that consumes 40% less power annually as other available solutions with zero on-site water consumption, demonstrating how advanced technology can deliver sustainability and meaningful societal benefits.
According to the company’s official press release, the technology was recently named to Fortune’s “Change the World” list, and recognized as a data center leader, top innovator and top leader by ABI Research.
In addition, the company recently launched its Silent-Aire Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) platform offering a wide range of scalable cooling capacities from 500kW to over 10MW in flexible designs that can meet the needs of any data center.
According to adopting Johnson Controls’, adopting the company’s comprehensive thermal management solutions, owners and operators can significantly improve total facility efficiency, reducing non-IT energy consumption by nearly 50% even in the Asia Pacific data center hubs with the warmest climates.
Leadership Comments
“With the sharp growth in AI, cooling innovation has become a front-line imperative to meet the increasing demands of high-density data centers,” said Austin Domenici, vice president and general manager, Johnson Controls Global Data Center Solutions. “Leveraging our leading capabilities, our mission is to drive the industry forward to unlock new levels of energy efficiency across the cooling chain.”
“With power-dense AI workloads, data centers are moving to liquid cooling,” said Josh Claman, CEO of Accelsius. “Our two-phase, direct-to-chip (D2C) cooling solutions use non-conductive fluids in highly efficient loops to stay ahead of the demanding power-dense AI and HPC workloads. This technology enables 35% OpEx savings over single-phase direct-to-chip and 8–17% total cost of ownership savings.”
