Facts

The fact that the cooling infrastructure can operate at higher temperatures provides more opportunities for free cooling, therefore direct water consumption can be reduced to zero (depending on the location and operating conditions).

More efficient and less demanding cooling infrastructure leads to reduced energy consumption, which positively affects the indirect water consumption. Keep reading about immersion’s effect on water consumption here.

Keep your capital investment to a minimum by leveraging your existing cooling infrastructure, whatever it looks like at the moment.

For example, considering the following steps could be useful for you:

• Implement Air Assisted Immersion Cooling (AAIC) to take advantage of your air cooling infrastructure, with no need for a water loop. Not the most energy efficient implementation, but probably the easiest one.
• Connect the immersion system to your existing chilled water loop by adding some pipework
• Connect the immersion system to the return of your existing chilled water loop
• Consider replacing your chillers with dry coolers in order to take advantage of the higher operation temperatures of immersion cooling

The material compatibility of certain materials must be taken into account, such as rubber and plastics, Thermal Interface Materials (TIM), adhesives, and ink. There are readily available alternatives for all the materials that are not fully compatible – learn more here.

Absolutely! Submer pods can take advantage of the existing cooling infrastructure or data.

If only air cooling is available, a local closed water loop is installed to release the heat into the room. Not the best option in terms of efficiency, but the easiest one in terms of capital investment if no water loop is available.

If a water cooling loop is available, whether it be chilled or warm water, just connect the immersion system to it. Or consider using the return water from your other water-cooled equipment, taking advantage of the ability to operate with higher water temperature.

Global warming has exceeded 1ºC since pre-industrial times. The fact that immersion cooling infrastructure can operate at higher temperatures provides more opportunities to handle the rising ambient temperatures we’re currently witnessing and the persistent rise that’s forecasted for the future – less demanding infrastructure leads to reduced emissions.

Also, thanks to its thermal inertia, the cooling capability in the pod remains intact for some time in the event of total failure of the cooling infrastructure. With the right design and depending on the selected operating conditions, this feature helps increase resiliency.​

For more on how immersion an face today’s industry challenges, check out our blog post.

Submer’s validated fluids are non-toxic, synthetic fluids designed for immersion cooling. Some handling and operation guidelines must be taken into consideration, which are detailed in the safety data sheets.

Immersion cooling is simple and therefore reliable. It takes care of 100% of the IT components, ensuring thermal stability. If you look at the overall TCO, from server to infrastructure, immersion cooling is more competitive. Your future-proofed cooling infrastructure will outlast several IT refresh cycles/generations, with no server vendor lock-in. Technology runway is ensured by latest developments.

Immersion cooling is the most sustainable form of liquid cooling:

• It reduces power and direct & indirect water consumption, therefore reducing CO2 emissions.
• It lets your infrastructure operate at higher temperatures, providing more free cooling time.
• Higher power density leads to less real estate needed.
• Immersion cooling fluid is non-toxic, biodegradable, GWP=0, and it can be recycled.
• It protects the hardware from degradating agents such as dust, moisture and vibrations, which plays in favor of its lifespan.

Keep reading about the sustainable benefits of immersion here.

Depending on where you are in your immersion cooling adoption process, we can provide:

• Advice on where to start with the IT hardware
• Advice on how to implement a demo unit, pilot program, or full-scale deployment
• Design for the integration of immersion in your available space, taking advantage of your existing cooling methods with very little change to your infrastructure; or design for the integration of immersion for maximum efficiency