How Castrol Plans to Accelerate Liquid Cooling Adoption
Castrol debuted a new fluid management service at Datacloud Global Congress 2025 specifically for data centre liquid cooling.
The complete service model is designed to cover the entire operation lifecycle from installation to disposal and includes system start-up, maintenance, ‘break fix’ support and fluid disposal. It will be rolled out globally through Castrol’s partner network and aims to help remove operational barriers in the adoption of liquid cooling in data centres.
“Data centre operators recognise the benefits of liquid cooling but need assurance around long-term fluid management,” says Peter Huang, Global Vice President of Data Centre Thermal Management at Castrol.
“Castrol has delivered fluid services for the automotive industry for decades – we're now bringing this proven expertise to data centres with a service model that supports optimal performance throughout the entire lifecycle.”
A need for more efficient cooling methods
This news comes at a time where the data centre industry is seeking more efficient cooling methods to keep up with computing demand.
Given that emerging technologies like AI are putting more power pressures on facilities, the industry is starting to transition away from traditional air cooling systems – which are no longer efficient to keep up with the level of digital transformation within the data centre.
Recent industry research indicates that traditional air cooling systems struggle to handle increased computing demands from AI and edge computing applications, with 74% of data centre experts believing immersion cooling is now essential to meet current power requirements.
- System start-up support with fluid installation, filtration, system flushing and certificates of analysis
- Ongoing maintenance such as laboratory testing, dynamic monitoring, predictive maintenance and smart dosing capabilities
- Seamless ‘break-fix’ service, including telephone assistance, virtual engineering support, on-site response and spare fluid availability
- Support with fluid collection and disposal
As a result, data centres are needing more on-prem hardware, in addition to more space and more energy to run everything smoothly, which is creating challenges for businesses.
Data centre operations are already a sustainability concern, with the IEA already suggesting that global electricity demand grew 2.2% in 2023 and warning this figure could double by 2026.
Liquid cooling and immersion cooling solutions have therefore been touted as a more sustainable alternative to air cooling, as they can improve efficiencies and lower carbon emissions.
For businesses investing in data centres, this is a necessary step in future-proofing their operations.
Immersion cooling solutions to become ‘mission critical’
With this in mind, Castrol’s service launch coincides with a time where the data centre industry faces increasing pressures to improve their cooling capabilities.
Castrol Thermal Management has been focusing on thermal management solutions for data centres and energy storage for some time. Its business markets cover the US, Europe, the Middle East, China, Australia and Southeast Asia, with the organisation leveraging its advanced and innovative technologies alongside its partners.
A Castrol report recently found that new cooling technologies are critical to supporting increased computing demand, otherwise data centres risk falling behind. Click HERE to learn more.
The company has also developed Castrol ON data centre cooling fluids to meet the escalating cooling needs in AI, machine learning and other applications in cloud computing. This is expected to enable more optimal performance throughout the entire lifecycle of a data centre.
“Our aim with this new service model is to remove the operational and technical uncertainties that have slowed liquid cooling adoption," said Andrea Zunino, Global Offer Development Manager at Castrol.
“Within liquid cooling systems, the fluid represents a single point of failure – degraded conditions can reduce cooling capacity and lead to equipment failure. We're going beyond just fluid supply to deliver structured support at every stage, giving data centre operators the confidence they need to embrace liquid cooling.”
The company says the new service model will be deployed globally through Castrol's partner network and will be delivered with third-party suppliers.
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