Castrol has supported the launch of a landmark proof-of-concept for immersion-cooled information centres in Italy by MGH Methods / Dacta, a pacesetter in superior information centre options.
The proof-of-concept challenge, enabled by Castrol’s immersion cooling fluids and thermal experience, has been launched in collaboration with Submer (tank supplier) and Compal (server supplier). It marks a big step ahead in environment friendly information centre operations and the expansion of liquid cooling in Italy. It additionally goals to showcase how the information centre business can future-proof itself and sustain with elevated computing demand.
Peter Huang, International Vice President of Information Centre Thermal Administration at Castrol, mentioned, “The Italian information centre business is booming: investments are anticipated to double to 10 billion euros between 2025-2026 in contrast with the earlier two years. Nevertheless, to profit from this chance the business should innovate – so we’re happy to assist drive the adoption of immersion cooling in Italy.”
“Our latest business analysis signifies that conventional air-cooling programs wrestle to deal with elevated computing calls for from AI and edge computing functions, with 74% of information centre consultants believing immersion cooling is now important to satisfy present energy necessities[1]. By working carefully with different business consultants on this challenge, we intention to showcase how immersion cooling can create extra environment friendly, future-proof information centres, which are dependable and scalable,” added Peter.
This challenge will likely be based mostly within the coronary heart of Italy’s information centre market in Vimercate, a Northern Italian city that sits simply exterior Milan. In recent times, the area has change into a central hub for future progress within the sector, with Equinix, Vantage, Microsoft, Amazon-AWS, and others investing billions into the realm.
The deployment will use Castrol ON’s Immersion Cooling Fluid DC 20, a single-phase dielectric coolant with improved thermal administration efficiency, that’s designed to allow secure and extra environment friendly cooling of information centres.
Marco Brivio, MGH Methods Founder, commented, “As our first deployment in Italy, this proof-of-concept places the nation firmly on the forefront of environment friendly information centre innovation, with collaboration between Castrol and Submer proving important to bringing this imaginative and prescient to life. This early deployment demonstrates that MGH and Dacta are visionary and deeply dedicated to supporting the evolution of IT applied sciences towards Excessive Efficiency Computing and AI. As designers and integrators of immersion cooling programs, MGH and Dacta are driving extra environment friendly use of information centres, considerably enhancing each IT energy density per sq. metre and total vitality consumption.”
Franco Caroli, Southern Europe & Africa Gross sales Director at Submer, mentioned, “This deployment is the result of a strategic collaboration that redefines how we method effectivity, resilience, and sustainability in digital infrastructure. Working alongside MGH Methods, and in collaboration with Castrol and Compal, showcases how we be sure that a deployment isn’t simply technically sound, but in addition commercially scalable. It units a precedent for what the way forward for information centres in southern Europe can appear to be.”
The collaboration brings collectively Castrol’s experience in superior thermal administration fluids, Submer’s progressive immersion cooling programs, and Compal’s cutting-edge server platform. This initiative goals to ship a strong and scalable answer that units a brand new customary for information centre operations in Italy.
