Shell GTL Technology Immersion Cooling Fluids

摘要

Digitalization is increasingly important in daily life due to new applications like artificial intelligence, cloud computing, big data and "things of internet" (TOI), etc. To support the huge and efficient data calculation, data center infrastructure is projected to grow annually by more than 20% from 2019 to 2023. These data centers account for an estimated 1% of global electricity consumption, up to 40% of which is for cooling electronic components. Keeping servers cool is very cost intensive, uses enormous amounts of energy and generates a huge carbon footprint. With low cooling capacity and practical limitations (noise, footprint and build complexity), traditional air-cooling technology can't meet the growing demands without higher energy and space requirements. The challenges given by the cooling request and driver factors mainly come from: 1) Data explosion and increase of hyperscale data center infrastructure look for the availability of advanced cooling methods; 2) Huge electricity consumption and carbon footprint from data centers must be reduced by driving down PUE (Power Utilization Effectiveness) from sustainability perspective; 3) Reduction of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) including CAPEX and OPEX make the innovative technology commercially acceptable; 4) Legislation restriction from local governments and organizations.