US: Carrier Ventures, the investment arm of Carrier Global Corporation, has entered into a partnership with US thermal engineering firm Strategic Thermal Labs (STL) to advance liquid cooling in data centers.
Under this investment and technology agreement, the carrier said it will leverage STL's breakthrough technology for liquid cooling solutions for data centers, a market expected to approach $3 billion to $5 billion by 2028. There is.
Founded in 2014 near Austin, Texas, Strategic Thermal Labs is a heat transfer research and development company focused on solving heat and mass transfer problems across a wide range of industries. It is said to have particular expertise in liquid cooling for data centers.
Strategic Thermal Labs, LLC (STL) STL has long been trusted by the world's largest server manufacturers and data center operators for valuable, practical insights into current and future data center cooling technologies.
“Direct-to-chip liquid cooling is significantly more efficient than traditional cooling methods and will be essential for future data centers as AI and other technologies continue to fuel global demand for high-density computing.” said Ajay Agrawal, Carrier's senior vice president. , Global Services, Business Development and Chief Strategy Officer. “Together with STL, we will significantly reduce data center energy consumption while providing our customers with highly scalable solutions.”
As part of the financial investment, Carrier will receive a seat on STL's board of directors and exclusive rights to its highly differentiated solutions.
The investment in STL follows Carrier's acquisition of Nlyte, a leading data center infrastructure management provider, in 2021. Carrier's Nlyte DCIM tool shares detailed information between HVAC equipment, power systems, and servers/workloads running within your data center, providing unprecedented transparency and control of your infrastructure. The utilization rate has improved.
“Data center power consumption is skyrocketing at an unprecedented rate, and a significant portion of that power growth is due to inefficient cooling technologies,” said STL President Austin Shelnutt. “The world needs highly innovative cooling solutions that enable the next generation of computer infrastructure while using significantly less energy in the process.”