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Data Center Liquid Cooling

Liquid Cooling in Data Centers: Efficiently Cool, Maximize Performance

Transform Your IT Infrastructure with Liquid Cooling for Data Centers

Park Place Technologies specializes in delivering innovative IT infrastructure solutions to help organizations optimize performance, reduce costs, and address the challenges of high-density computing environments.

As data centers face increasing demands from AI and HPC workloads, a liquid cooled data center offers the efficiency, sustainability, and scalability for today’s hyper-growth pace. Explore our cutting-edge liquid cooling solutions and technology maintenance services, designed to maximize your IT investments.

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Benefits of Data Center Liquid Cooling Systems

  • Improved Energy Efficiency
    By switching to non-conductive liquid cooling, you can lower your operational costs, minimize your carbon footprint, and increase your server density, ultimately maximizing your data center’s capacity and efficiency.
  • Enhanced Performance & Reliability
    With liquid cooling, your servers can run at higher clock speeds, delivering enhanced performance for demanding applications. This advanced cooling method efficiently dissipates heat, extending the lifespan of your hardware and reducing the likelihood of failures and maintenance needs.
  • Minimized Environmental Impact
    Reduced energy consumption translates to a smaller carbon footprint contributing to sustainability goals.
  • Support for High TDP (Thermal Design Power)
    CPUs and GPUs into thousands of watts per chip vs. 200–300x ceiling with air cooling.
  • Reduced Noise
    Liquid cooling's increased energy efficiency eliminates the need for large fans, significantly reducing noise levels in your data center. This creates a quieter and more pleasant working environment for your personnel.
  • Increased Computing Density
    Liquid cooled data center racks allow for greater server rack density.
  • Scalability
    Can be scaled to meet the demands of high-performance computing environments.
  • Simple Installation
    Can be quickly applied to a single server or an entire cabinet, with or without facility water.
  • Reduced Water Consumption
    Direct component cooling combined with efficient heat transfer reduces water consumption by over 40%.

Types of Liquid Cooling Systems

Direct-to-Chip (DTC) Cooling

Direct-to-Chip cooling applies chilled fluid directly to processors (CPUs and GPUs) for efficient heat exchange. This technology prevents server throttling, maximizes compute power, and reduces rack-density space requirements.

  • Enable max GPU and CPU workload computing
  • Higher precision and efficiency
  • Ideal for high-performance applications

Read more about our Direct-to-Chip Cooling solution.

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Immersion Cooling

Immersion cooling submerges IT hardware in thermally conductive dielectric liquid, offering maximum cooling efficiency. This technology eliminates server fans and air cooling entirely.

It is also a unique solution to protect critical IT hardware located in harsh climates and environmental conditions like deserts and extreme, high-humidity regions.

  • Comprehensive cooling for all server components
  • Highest cooling efficiency
  • Scalability for high-density server setups

Explore our Immersion Cooling Solution.

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Types of Liquid Cooling Systems

Rear-Door Cooling

Rear-Door Liquid Cooling is the fastest, least invasive, and simplest liquid cooling solution available.

Rear-Door cooling uses a liquid-cooled door component system that is attached to rear of a server rack. This cooling component forces cooled air through the rack and over the IT hardware, cooling the hot interior components and dramatically reducing hot air from exiting the rack into the data center.

This approach reduces reliance on facility HVAC systems and offers immediate scalability for high-density workloads.

  • Maximized Rack Density: Boost your rack density up to 100KW or 150KW without expanding your data center footprint.
  • Reduced Energy Consumption: Achieve Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) as low as 1.1, improving energy efficiency.
  • Simplified Deployment: Ideal for retrofitting legacy equipment or upgrading modern storage arrays, CPUs, and GPUs.

Check out our Rear Door Heat Exchanger solution.

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Comparing Liquid Cooling in Data Centers

We've highlighted in the below table some of the key considerations between air cooling and data center liquid cooling systems. 5 indicates a maximum benefit, with 1 indicating a minimal benefit.

BENEFITS (1-5) AIR COOLING REAR DOOR DTC (SINGLE PHASE) DTC (2 PHASE) IMMERSION (SINGLE PHASE)
Deployment Complexity 5 5 3 3 1
Serviceability 5 5 2 2 2
Upgradeability 5 5 3 3 5
Customizability 5 5 2 2 5
CPU/GPU Thermal Efficiency 1 2 3 5 4
Total Cost of Ownership 1 2 3 4 5
Server Heat Removal Efficiency 1 2 3 3 5
Server Density 1 3 4 4 5
Energy Efficiency 1 2 3 4 5
Noise Reduction 1 1 3 3 5

Step-by-Step Liquid Cooling Deployment Process

Park Place Technologies provides an end-to-end solution for liquid cooling deployment, ensuring seamless implementation and ongoing management to optimize performance and sustainability.

1. Planning

Strategic collaboration, site preparation and readiness, vendor/technology coordination, installation roadmap, and more…

2. Procurement

Sourcing all required hardware for liquid cooling systems.

3. Conversion

Retrofitting existing servers for Immersion or Direct-to-Chip cooling.

4. Disposition

Sustainable disposal of older cooling equipment and technology to reduce environmental impact. (ITAD services)

5. Installation

Complete setup of liquid cooling systems, including cold plates, piping, thermal management system, fluid, and immersion tanks.

6. Management and Maintenance

Regular upkeep of cooling systems and IT hardware to maximize performance, efficiency, and reliability.

7. Monitoring

Performance and sustainability for continuous optimization.

Expert Service and Support

Park Place Technologies offers a wide range of professional services to support your liquid cooling implementation:

Discovery Services

Comprehensive asset discovery across IP ranges and hardware inventory assessment. To identify readiness for liquid cooling installations.

Deployments

Handle logistics, configuration, and setup of equipment for liquid cooling systems.

Parts, Tech, & Labor

Provide parts, field labor, and technical support (L2-L4 levels).

Why Choose Park Place for Liquid Cooling Data Centers

Here’s why you can trust our service:

  • Global Expertise: Serving 21,500 organizations worldwide, including half of the Fortune 500.
  • Cutting-Edge Solutions: Powered by the world’s largest engineering team and advanced technical resources.
  • Proven Results: Streamline IT infrastructure management with significant cost savings and improved uptime.

Park Place Technologies removes the complexities of the liquid cooling journey—serving as a single-vendor solution for the entire process.

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