Deep technical insights on contamination control, liquid cooling challenges, and emerging industry standards for AI data centers.
Why fine filtration is operationally impractical at high velocities—and how source control changes the equation. Explores the hydraulic tax of filtration and VeriClean Seals™ as an alternative.
Schneider Electric's research identifies contamination prevention as one of the eight most critical challenges in direct liquid cooling deployments. Cold plates with microchannel architecture require particle filtration below 25 μm.
All wetted materials—CDUs, connectors, seals, piping, valves, and cold plates—must be compatible to prevent galvanic corrosion. Incompatibility creates debris that clogs microchannels and abrades surfaces.
Facility water systems filter 300-500 μm particles, but technology cooling systems demand <25 μm filtration. This 12-20x difference reflects the extreme sensitivity of direct-to-chip cold plates.
From ISO Class 5 cleanroom processing through final installation, maintaining seal cleanliness requires documented protocols at every step. Learn how to prevent contamination during receiving, storage, and installation.
Mechanical engineers specify materials, coolant chemists specify chemistry, but cleanliness specifications remain uncontrolled. This gap creates unquantified risk in billion-dollar AI infrastructure deployments.
Water conducts heat 23 times better than air and holds 3,000 times more heat by volume. Understanding these thermal properties explains why liquid cooling is mandatory for modern AI workloads.
Quantifying the revenue impact of particulate contamination: from GPU throttling to downtime costs.
VeriClean's approach aligns with emerging industry standards from leading organizations.
Technical Committee 9.9 provides guidance on liquid cooling for data centers, including coolant quality standards and W-class classifications.
OCP provides guidelines for propylene glycol-based heat transfer fluids and acceptable wetted materials for TCS loops.
International standard for cleanroom classification by surface cleanliness. VeriClean seals are verified to this standard.
White Paper 210 identifies contamination prevention as one of eight critical challenges in direct liquid cooling deployments.
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