Oil and lubricant giant Castrol and energy management specialist Schneider Electric have opened a new co-laboratory in Shanghai dedicated to advancing liquid cooling technologies for data centres.
The initiative follows a strategic partnership agreement between the two companies and the co-laboratory will serve as a hub for developing benchmark liquid cooling projects aimed at future data centre deployments.
It will also function as a jointly branded demonstration centre for customers, showcasing significant advancements in liquid cooling technology to the wider data centre industry.
Castrol and Schneider Electric will collaborate on in-depth product development and projects designed to tackle practical technical challenges encountered by data centre operators. Challenges include ensuring compatibility between cooling liquids and IT equipment and improving overall heat dissipation efficiency.
Castrol’s high-performance cooling liquids will be integrated with Schneider Electric’s comprehensive data centre solutions. The integration will include infrastructure components such as the Cooling Distribution Unit (CDU), power supplies, server racks and intelligent power distribution equipment.
Peter Huang, Vice President, Thermal Management at Castrol, said: “In the era of AI, the construction of liquid cooling infrastructure in data centres is developing rapidly. Through Castrol’s strategic partnership with Schneider Electric, we will jointly provide end-to-end solutions for the construction, operation and maintenance of data centres, ranging from the hardware in server rooms to liquid cooling fluids.”
