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Precision Liquid Cooling combines the best attributes of tank immersion and direct‑to‑chip cooling. Similar to tank immersion systems, it captures almost 100% of the heat generated by high power electronics, which can be reused or efficiently rejected to the environment using minimal energy.

This cooling technology also precisely targets hotspots for high performance component cooling like direct-to‑chip systems. It removes almost all the heat from electronic components by delivering a small volume of dielectric fluid directly to any heat-generating hardware, preventing hotspots and supporting demanding AI and high‑performance workloads.

Iceotope’s solution can reduce energy use by up to 40%, carbon emissions by up to 40%, and water consumption by up to 100% by operating at high coolant temperatures and using dry coolers and/or chillers instead of evaporative systems. This setup enables maximized energy efficiency in many climates and deployment scenarios; it also allows heat recapture for secondary uses like building heating and supports sustainability initiatives while maintaining or improving performance.

The dielectric coolant creates a protective environment that improves computational performance, resilience, and significantly reduces energy consumption. Precision Liquid Cooling supports very high rack power densities, while reducing system contaminants to extend hardware lifecycles. Since fans are not used to cool hardware components, Iceotope rack systems have near-silent operation offering the ability to be deployed in human occupied environments.

Iceotope Precision Liquid Cooling directly cools server, storage, and power components using single phase dielectric liquid coolants (no boiling/condensing/ vapors). Iceotope systems require 5–10x less fluid than typical single‑phase immersion tanks, while cooling more effectively. Fluids are sourced from leading vendors, go through an approval program, are people- and planet-safe, and have high boiling points so they do not measurably evaporate even if a chassis is open.

Iceotope systems typically operate with a 50-55℃ dielectric fluid temperature. This relatively high temperature may seem counterintuitive, but the dielectric fluid is around 2000x more effective than air at removing heat from components. The advanced heat removal properties of the fluid allow electronic components to operate well within specifications, even at elevated coolant temperatures. The higher the coolant temperature, the easier and more energy efficient it is to reuse or reject the heat to another source such as a heating system or outside air. The dielectric temperature point represents a balance between enhanced system efficiency, resilience and user safety.

Most components can be serviced like a normal air-cooled server without draining the fluid, and Iceotope provides service videos to demonstrate ease of access.  Each chassis includes sensors for fluid temperature, fill level, and pump speed and management ports for integration with facility monitoring systems. AC–DC power supplies are also precision-cooled.

Each chassis or system has its own isolated coolant volume and can be filled or drained independently without impacting neighboring chassis, preserving uptime.

Iceotope systems fit into vertical, data center‑compliant racks and can be co‑mounted alongside air-cooled equipment or cold plate racks. Air cooled equipment can also be installed above, below or between Iceotope hardware within Iceotope racks. While traditional air-cooled IT is fundamentally limited in power density by component layout, airflow, and facility cooling capacity, Precision Liquid Cooling removes these air handling bottlenecks and enables much higher server and rack power densities.

Precision Liquid Cooling is also well-suited for edge applications and harsh environments. Iceotope solutions can be deployed in non-traditional configurations because the systems are silent, sealed and fan-less and liquid cooling significantly reduces noise and direct heat output compared to air-cooled deployments. Iceotope technology is available in modular racks and other system configurations that are ideal for space-constrained locations.