In a Data Centre first, Iceotope Shares Liquid Cooling Lab
Iceotope Technologies Limited has announced the launch of Iceotope Labs, the first of its liquid cooling lab facilities which are designed to transform high-density data centre research and testing capabilities. For customers who want to deploy liquid cooling solutions, Iceotope Labs offers a new standard for the industry's most advanced liquid-cooled data centre test environment in the world.
This comes at a time when AI and machine learning are creating wider opportunities for growth across the data centre sector and liquid cooling is supporting technology for AI workloads. It’s clear that liquid cooling technology is instrumental in future proofing infrastructure decisions at data centres.
The benefits of liquid cooling for data centres
Using a combination of advanced monitoring capabilities, data analysis tools and a specialist team of test engineers, Iceotope Labs will be able to provide quantitative data and a secure research and development environment, to demonstrate the benefits of liquid cooling to customers and their partners.
Iceotope Labs has previously conducted a range of testing for next-generation chip level cooling, at both 1500W and 1000W, which proved the Precision Liquid Cooling’s ability to hit the thermal demands of future computing architectures needed for AI compute.
Iceotope has worked in partnership with Efficiency IT, a UK-based data centre specialist, which also works across IT and critical communications environments. The first of Iceotope’s labs showcase the flexibility of leveraging liquid cooling in a host of data centre settings, including:
- HPC
- Supercomputing
- Edge environments.
The small-scale liquid cooled data centre includes two temperature-controlled test rooms and dedicated space for thermal, mechanical and electronic testing for next generation CPUs and GPUs to racks and manifolds.
Iceotope Labs also utilises a facility water system loop, a technology cooling system loop with heat exchangers and an outside dry cooler – showcasing top technologies for a complete liquid cooled facility.
Liquid cooling will play a significant role in improving the resiliency, energy and environmental impact of data centres
David Craig, CEO of Iceotope, is leading the company in its investment across its research and innovation capabilities, to offer customers an unparalleled opportunity.
“Iceotope Labs not only serves as a blueprint for what a liquid cooled data centre should be but is also a collaborative hub for clients to explore liquid cooling solutions without the need for their own lab space. It's a transformative offering within the data centre industry," he says.
But this would not have been achievable if not for the company partnership with Efficiency IT.
“We’d like to thank Efficiency IT for their role in bringing Iceotope Labs to fruition,” David continues. “Their design expertise has empowered us with the flexibility needed to create a cutting-edge facility that exceeds industry standards."
Read our exclusive interview with David Craig here, where he discusses the need for innovation, sustainability in the data centre sector and Iceotope’s reputation as a cooling solutions pioneer.
Owing to the new advancements in GPU, CPU and AI workloads, Efficiency IT sees that there has been a transformative impact on both data centre design and cooling architectures.
“It’s clear to see that liquid cooling will play a significant role in improving the resiliency, energy and environmental impact of data centres,” said Nick Ewing, MD at Efficiency IT. “We’re delighted to have supported Iceotope throughout the design, development and installation of its industry-first Iceotope Lab and look forward to building on our collaboration as together, we develop a new customer roadmap for high-density, liquid-cooled data centre solutions.”
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