Data centers play a vital role in today’s digital infrastructure, powering everything from streaming services to online shopping. As the world moves towards more digital services, the demand for data centers is growing exponentially. To meet this demand, data centers need to be equipped with the most efficient cooling systems available in order to keep them running safely and optimally.
Immersion cooling systems are set to revolutionize data center systems by providing more efficient and cost-effective cooling solutions than ever before. Let’s take a closer look at how this can be achieved and why data centers should consider starting to invest in them now.
The Benefits of Immersion Cooling Systems
Instead of using air to move heat away from the IT equipment within a data center, immersion cooling works by flooding racks with dielectric fluid to absorb and dissipate the heat generated.
Immersion cooling systems offer a number of advantages over traditional air-based cooling systems. The most significant benefit is that they use far less energy than traditional air-cooled systems, leading to lower operational costs and approximately 75% more efficiency. In addition, they offer greater control over temperatures, allowing for more precise temperature management and better performance. Furthermore, they reduce the amount of space required for data centers as well as their dependence on external power sources.
On top of that, immersion cooling systems are much quieter than traditional air-cooled systems (they eliminate almost all of the noise associated with traditional air-cooling systems) making them ideal for data centers located in residential or office buildings where noise levels must be kept low. Finally, they also provide greater protection against dust and other contaminants that could otherwise cause damage or disruption to the system itself.
Immersion cooling modular nature allows for easy scalability and flexibility when deploying new hardware or reconfiguring existing ones – something that cannot be said about other types of conventional cooling methods like chilled water or refrigerant ones which require additional plumbing work when scaling up or down operations in a data center facility.
Growth of the immersion cooling market
The future looks bright for immersion cooling technology as it continues to become more widely available in data centers across the world. Industry experts predict that it will become increasingly commonplace as operational costs continue to rise and companies look for new ways to stay competitive in the digital landscape.
According to recent reports, the Data Center Immersion Cooling Market was valued at $2,1 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $6,4 billion by 2027 – a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24,8%. The growing demand for edge computing solutions and cloud computing services has contributed significantly to this growth trend.
Rack mountable immersion cooling becomes the standard
iXora believes that rack mountable immersion cooling chassis will become the standard in data centers, because this solution fits industry standard 19″-racks and can save enormous amounts of energy and the associated costs. This cooling solution no longer requires air cooling and supplies hot water as a residual product, which can be injected easily into existing heat grids.
Invest in immersion cooling sooner than later
Investing in immersion cooling technology now can prove beneficial for both short term savings as well as long term growth potentials for any investors looking to capitalize on this revolutionary technology within the realm of data centers.
Not only does it provide a more efficient solution compared to traditional air-cooled options, but it also reduces operational costs significantly while offering better temperature control capabilities along with less noise pollution and fewer chances for dust contamination – all major advantages when running a successful data center facility today!
With these benefits in mind, data centers should seriously consider investing in immersion cooling technology sooner rather than later if they want to gain an advantage over their competition as well as increase their overall ROI potentials within this growing market segment going forward!
Job Witteman is one of the founders and CEO of iXora and can be seen as one of the fathers of the Internet; he founded the Amsterdam Internet Exchange in 1997, one of the foundations of the Internet as we still know it today. The Ams-IX is to date one of the three largest Internet exchanges in the world, located globally and relaying more than a Terabit per second.
Job was CEO at the Ams-IX until end of 2017. Job knows data centers, telecom/internet and hosting providers like the back of his hand and is internationally familiar with the political ways surrounding the Internet. At iXora he is one of the minds behind the 19″-compatibility of the product to make sure all existing data centers are compatible with the iXora immersive cooling solutions.
