Vertiv, in partnership with Green Revolution Cooling (GRC), has launched the Liebert VIC, its first liquid immersion cooling solution for high-density data centres, available throughout Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

The Liebert gives users cooling efficiencies in dense computing environments that increasingly support data-intensive applications including the Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing and automation.

It can support high-density loads of up to 100kW per rack using warm water. Its ElectroSafe dielectric liquid coolant is both electrically and chemically inherent and has 1,200-times the heat capacity of air. It’s also completely odourless and non-toxic.

This higher heat capacity means that servers with high heat densities can be cooled more effectively, reducing cooling energy costs up to 95%.

“Liquid immersion cooling is increasingly becoming an attractive option for many data centre and colocation facilities, as it not only supports high-compute environments but also promises improved efficiencies, sustainability and reliability compared to traditional cooling solutions,” GRC vice president of business development, APAC Dhruv Varma says.

Vertiv Asia vice president for infrastructure solutions Chee Hoe Ling says that the demand for compute-intensive applications like faster streaming for video and gaming requires a more latency-free computing power: “With Liebert VIC, our customers can meet their high-density objectives and rely on this highly efficient thermal solution option to cost-effectively deploy high performance computing options to their customers.”