Data center company Start Campus has announced a strategic partnership with direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology company JetCool. This collaboration aims to expand high-efficiency cooling options for future customers at Start Campus's 1.2 GW SINES Data Center in Portugal. This partnership intends to complement Start Campus's portfolio of cooling solutions and align the strengths of both companies, the official release said Tuesday.
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Microconvective Cooling Technology
As part of this initiative, JetCool's patented microconvective cooling technology will be made available to customers requiring efficient, high-temperature liquid cooling for AI GPUs and other high-density computing systems. It will directly leverage Start Campus's AI-ready power and cooling infrastructure, which includes seawater cooling technology.
JetCool's technology leverages a unique microjet impingement approach that targets hotspots directly on chips, allowing for the use of coolant temperatures over 60 degrees Celsius. This reduces the need for mechanical chillers and facilitates free cooling in warmer climates. JetCool's newly launched 300 kW in-rack liquid-to-liquid coolant distribution unit (CDU) will further enhance the cooling capabilities available to customers, the company said.
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Denis Browne, Head of R&D for Start Campus, said, "By partnering with JetCool, we’re expanding our suite of cooling options for customers, while maximising the benefits of SINES DC's existing seawater cooling infrastructure and AI-readiness. Offering our customers access to a state-of-the-art cooling option that allows them to use very high inlet coolant temperatures enables a data center environment that is not only more efficient and adaptable to a variety of high-density workloads already supported by our facility."
Bernie Malouin, CEO of JetCool, added: "By combining our liquid cooling solutions—from cold plates to high-capacity CDUs—with Start Campus's AI-ready power and cooling infrastructure, we’re enabling a new standard for high-density compute environments that pushes the boundaries of efficiency and scalability."
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Start Campus said JetCool's liquid cooling options will be available as part of its technology portfolio, providing customers with access to advanced cooling solutions that address both current demands and future scalability.
