Progressive liquid-cooling retrofit for general data centers
Scenario analysis
Unable to shut down and rebuild
Long-running critical services leave limited shutdown windows
Full retrofit involves power distribution, cooling, cabinets, and other systems
Air-cooling efficiency becomes insufficient
High-heat-density cabinets easily create local hotspots
Air-cooling heat dissipation approaches its bottleneck
Data center PUE remains high
Fans and airflow organization consume large amounts of power
Cooling-system efficiency struggles to meet green data center requirements
Retrofit budget is limited
Building a new liquid-cooled room requires high investment
Existing servers and cabinet resources need to continue being used
Solution architecture
Solution value
No motherboard architecture changeReduces equipment replacement cost and accelerates liquid-cooling adoptionSupports phased upgradesExpands from a single cabinet and flexibly matches business demandHybrid air-liquid operationLiquid cooling works with air cooling to reduce retrofit riskLowest retrofit costMakes full use of existing equipment room infrastructure