This propylene glycol-based fluid enhances Shell’s current immersion cooling fluid portfolio, providing wonderful warmth switch efficiency and persevering with their management within the knowledge centre liquid cooling market.
Why It Issues
As knowledge facilities develop extra highly effective, conventional air-cooling struggles to maintain up with the growing warmth generated by high-performance computing and AI. DLC fluids sort out the warmth head-on, focusing on excessive warmth load parts to make sure densely packed server racks can proceed to function at optimum temperatures.
By instantly cooling high-performance parts like Central Processing Items (CPUs) and Graphics Processing Items (GPUs), DLC fluids can enhance Energy Utilization Effectiveness (PUE) by as much as 27%, compared with the facility utilization effectiveness (PUE) of air-cooling and cut back the necessity for energy-consuming air con. Shell DLC Fluid S3 additionally meets all Open Compute Mission (OCP) PG25 coolant specs, together with requirements for materials compatibility. It additionally helps to guard the producer’s guarantee as there isn’t a direct contact with the microprocessor.
What Makes Shell DLC Fluid S3 Stand Out
Lengthy-term corrosion safety for all DLC cooling programs, together with aluminium, brass, forged iron, metal, solder and copper. Specifically formulated to supply superior safety for aluminium and aluminium alloys.
· Glorious warmth switch efficiency: Notably for high-surface-area copper-based warmth sinks.
· Appropriate with a variety of supplies: Together with metals and metallic alloys, elastomers, plastics and different wetted supplies as per OCP tips. Its 2-ethylhexyl acrylate-, borate- and silicate-free formulation offers improved metallic and rubber compatibilities over aggressive formulations.
· Prolonged fluid life: Anticipated lifetime of 6+ years, higher than aggressive standard inorganic acid expertise (IAT) primarily based fluids.
· Simple leak detection: Dyed fluorescent inexperienced to assist establish in-service leakage.
· Freeze safety: Utilized in servers and digital parts to supply freeze safety right down to sub-zero temperatures (−10°C/14°F) and assist forestall corrosion to make sure lengthy {hardware} life.
Main the Way forward for Information Centre Cooling
“With Shell DLC Fluid S3, Shell now gives each direct-to-chip and full immersion cooling options, and we’re not simply preserving knowledge facilities cool within the age of AI — we’re powering the way forward for digital infrastructure,” mentioned Aysun Akik, VP New Enterprise Improvement and International Key Accounts, Shell Lubricants. “We’re persevering with our dedication to innovation that delivers on efficiency, sustainability, and reliability to help our prospects’ targets.”
Akik continues, “Our rising vary of superior liquid cooling options is designed to fulfill the various wants of recent knowledge centres each in the present day, and tomorrow – and are backed by the energy of Shell’s world footprint, provide chain and 5 expertise improvement hubs across the globe.”
