According to a report from 451 Research, the demand of immersion cooling is expected to increase considerably due in part to high density deployments. In recent months, there have been a number of pieces of misinformation circulating about immersion cooling, such as the suggestion that the coolant is mineral oil or that the coolant is a fire hazard. There is also confusion between single phase and two-phase immersion cooling, which are very different approaches.
Seeking to reduce confusion and avoid conflicting information in the market, Asperitas and GRC concluded that the industry would benefit by sharing the companies’ considerable experience with the technology.
Rolf Brink, chief executive at Asperitas, said: “Asperitas is looking forward to working with GRC to provide credible and up-to-date information on data centre immersion cooling. It’s our intention to provide the global data centre community this website to disseminate precise facts on immersion cooling, which we will update and expand gradually or when actual developments demand.”
The website will help interested parties with a number of issues, including:
- The difference between single phase and two-phase immersion cooling
- What a data centre needs to use immersion cooling
- What hardware can be used in immersion cooling
- How you can reliably use optical networking in an immersed environment
- Fire safety with immersion cooling