CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 12 — CoolIT Systems, the world leader in Direct Contact Liquid Cooling technology (DCLC), announces its Demand Liquid Alliance (DLA) industry group, initially established by CoolIT Systems in 2012 to address the growing support for liquid cooling in the data center, has amalgamated with The Green Grid Association to establish an open Liquid Cooling Group. This move was initiated by the desire of the DLA members to centralise its advocacy work under a broader organisation with appropriate guidelines for the betterment of the industry.
The Green Grid Association, the global authority on effective and accountable resource efficiency across the entire information and communications technology (ICT) ecosystem, has established the Liquid Cooling Group within its Technical Committee to provide a forum to push the best practice for liquid cooling implementations. With an established presence, a goal to unite global industry efforts and develop technical resources and educational tools, as well as an interest in applying this goal to the liquid cooling movement, The Green Grid is well positioned as a suitable successor for the DLA.
The Liquid Cooling Group will focus on all aspects of the data center that are impacted by liquid cooling, including facility -planning, water quality best practices, management interface between data centers and liquid cooling solutions, and other areas that will help de-mystify liquid cooling. The Green Grid is also expected to help with the process of developing standards for liquid cooling.
“CoolIT has led by joining The Green Grid as a contributing member and encourages other industry companies to do the same,” said Geoff Lyon, CEO/CTO of CoolIT Systems. “I want to promote the succession of the DLA initiative into The Green Grid to continue the demystification of Liquid Cooling technology for the benefit of the IT industry. By aligning the DLA ambition into The Green Grid, we can draw on the knowledge and experience of industry masters to help steer Liquid cooling benefits into the future.”
About The Green Grid Association
The Green Grid Association is a global consortium of more than 200 member entities – companies, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals – dedicated to driving effective and accountable resource efficiency across the entire information and communications technology (ICT) ecosystem with a holistic approach, including all IT, facility and infrastructure systems. As the global authority on resource efficient information technology and data centers, The Green Grid spans the entire computing and communications ecosystem – from data centers to personal computers – and provides the global IT industry with metrics, tools and best practices to improve resource efficiency.
The Green Grid does not endorse vendor-specific products or solutions; instead, it seeks to provide industry-wide recommendations on best practices, metrics and technologies that will improve overall resource efficiencies.
About Demand Liquid Alliance (DLA)
The DLA is an industry group that has been focused on facilitating technology education and acceptance while creating liquid cooling technology standards to expedite the successful widespread adoption of liquid cooling. With education, standardization, and a quality guarantee, data centers will feel confident employing the technology, to the benefit of the entire liquid cooling community.
About CoolIT Systems
CoolIT Systems Inc. is a world leader in Direct Contact Liquid Cooling (DCLC) for the Data Center and Desktop markets. As an experienced innovator with 44 patents and more than 1.8 million liquid cooling units deployed, CoolIT brings a wealth of design, engineering, and manufacturing knowledge to the table.
CoolIT’s Rack DCLC platform is a modular, rack-based, advanced cooling solution that allows for dramatic increases in rack densities, component performance, and power efficiencies. The technology can be deployed with any server and in any rack making it a truly flexible solution that allows for an edge in today’s highly competitive marketplace.
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Source: CoolIT Systems