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CASE STUDY

High-Density Compute Cooling & Water Systems

Delivered cooling systems capable of supporting extreme thermal loads, utilizing both water-intensive and closed-loop systems to sustain continuous operation at scale.

Situation

High-density compute environments required efficient thermal management at a scale involving millions of liters of water per day, while balancing sustainability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

Solution

Engineered a hybrid cooling strategy combining water-based and closed-loop systems, optimized through system-level modeling and redundancy planning.

OUTCOMES

$14M saved
thermal retrofit costs
35% lower
cooling energy intensity
Enabled DLC
for accelerator-heavy clusters
99.98% stable
peak thermal loads

Challenges

Thermal

  • Extreme rack heat
  • Continuous cooling demand

Efficiency

  • High water consumption
  • Energy efficiency pressure

Reliability

  • Cooling redundancy gaps

Solutions

01

External Water Cooling

External water-based cooling systems for large-scale heat rejection.

  • Implemented large-scale external heat rejection systems
  • Managed extreme thermal output loads
02

Direct Liquid Cooling

Closed-loop liquid cooling systems for direct-to-chip or high-density racks.

  • Enabled direct-to-chip liquid cooling deployment
  • Supported dense accelerator infrastructure
  • Reduced airflow dependency across racks
03

Supplemental HVAC Control

Air-based HVAC systems for supplementary environmental control.

  • Stabilized facility environmental conditions
  • Supported transitional cooling loads
  • Balanced hybrid airflow requirements
04

Redundant Pumping Systems

Redundant pumping, distribution, and heat exchange systems.

  • Deployed redundant pumping infrastructure
  • Maintained continuous coolant circulation
  • Protected against mechanical failure scenarios
05

Cooling Domain Segmentation

Separation of cooling domains to prevent single points of failure.

  • Segmented cooling loops across infrastructure zones
  • Eliminated systemic thermal dependency chains