Powering performance: data centre cooling applications
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For 50 years, Belimo has provided quality, reliable field devices for the energy-efficient control of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems. Our expertise, scalable applications, and position as a global market leader have led to our success in providing data centre cooling applications, where reliability and quality are of utmost importance.
We offer actuators, valves, sensors, and meters that are designed to ensure uninterrupted performance, optimal flow, standalone systems, and energy efficiency.
The data centre landscape is evolving, with newer GPUs requiring more heat rejection than ever before. Traditional cooling systems in data centres often struggle to effectively dissipate the heat generated by high-density racks. Belimo is ready with innovative data centre cooling technologies, facilitating more efficient liquid cooling systems that provide enhanced thermal conductivity and reduced energy consumption.
Belimo products in data centre applications
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Cooling distribution units (CDUs) provide chilled water or water glycol mixes for heat generating components such as servers. Belimo offers a comprehensive range of Characterized Control Valves (CCVs), Electronic Pressure Independent Valves (EPIVs), and energy valves that are ideally suited for CDUs. These valves provide precise flow control and are easily adjustable as your cooling needs grow.
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Direct to chip liquid cooling, often referred to as cold plate, is one of the most common techniques for cooling servers with high heat dissipating needs, such as those for HPC (high performance computing), AI (artificial intelligence), and ML (machine learning). The Belimo Energy Valve is an ideal solution for this application because it can maintain a constant differential pressure across the rack. The system delivers precises flow to each cold plate, even if a server is removed for maintenance.
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Proper Flow Rate Across Cold Plates With The Belimo Energy Valve
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Proper Flow Rate Across Cold Plates With The Belimo Energy Valve
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Precise flow control is crucial for rear-door heat exchangers (RDHx). Belimo Electronic Pressure Independent Valves (EPIVs) and Characterized Control Valves (CCVs) provide precise and reliable flow control. This ensures the best performance for your RDHx.
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Two-phase immersion cooling units require precise water flow to ensure the effective condensation of dielectric fluid. Belimo Electronic Pressure Independent Valves (EPIVs) maintain precise flow to the coil even in the presence of system pressure fluctuations. The Belimo Energy Valve monitors the the supply and return water temperatures, calculates thermal energy, and provides valuable insights to track cooling performance and identify inefficiencies.
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Computer room air handling (CRAH) units provide conditioned air to the white space. Belimo Electronic Pressure Independent Valves (EPIVs) are essential components in CRAH units providing precise and reliable control of water flow. These valves offer significant advantages in maintaining optimal temperature and humidity levels within data centres.
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Belimo damper actuators are essential in fan walls, delivering precise airflow control to servers within the white space. Characterized Control Valves (CCVs) and Electronic Pressure Independent Valves (EPIVs) control water flow through the coils, ensuring effective cooling to maintain the necessary supply air temperatures. Together, these Belimo devices are critical in maintaining optimal environmental conditions for sensitive IT infrastructure.
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Belimo fire and smoke actuators are essential safety devices designed to protect data centres from fire and smoke hazards. These damper actuators are integrated into fire and smoke detection systems and are responsible for controlling various mechanical components to mitigate the spread of fire and smoke during an emergency.
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Generators ensure servers still have power in the event of a power failure. Belimo fail-safe actuators are the best choice for providing the appropriate amount of combustion air for these generators. Fail-safe ensures airflow can be shut off immediately if there is an issue. IP66/67 (NEMA 4) options are available if the actuators are to be installed outside of the generator.
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Central plants provide chilled water to the entire data centre. Given the huge cooling demands of data centres, this can only be accomplished with large flow rates and accordingly, large valves. Belimo Butterfly Valves with high performance actuators are ideally suited for this application due to their high protective housing close-off pressure, low leakage rates, and IP66/67 (NEMA 4) protective housing.
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Data centre blog posts
Keeping it cool: how Data Centres can prepare for the future
The challenges of data centre cooling are changing, where new technologies are generating significantly more heat than traditional computer servers. This necessitates the use of advanced applications to manage the thermal load effectively and efficiently
Liquid cooling: Belimo and the future of data centre thermal management
This is the first installment of a blog series that will discuss the challenges of cooling a modern data centre, and cover some of the advanced applications that Belimo provides to this rapidly changing industry.
Belimo and direct-to-chip cooling technologies: differential pressure control for liquid cold plates
Continuing our series on advanced data centre cooling applications, this installment focuses on another innovative method to address the unprecedented thermal demands of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) —direct-to-chip cooling using liquid cold plates and differential pressure control.
Belimo and emerging data centre technologies: single and two-phase cold plate applications
Continuing our exploration into cutting-edge data centre cooling applications, this installment delves into the evolving role of cold plate technology, a powerful thermal management technique that is rapidly gaining traction as data centres grapple with soaring heat densities.
Adapting to the future: how the Belimo EPIV is revolutionizing data centre cooling
Modern data centres are facing a critical challenge as they grapple with ever-increasing heat densities brought on by the proliferation of computationally demanding applications such as artificial intelligence, high-performance computing (HPC), and cryptocurrency mining. These applications drive the need for advanced cooling applications that can adapt to rapidly changing requirements.
Data centre webinars
Adapting to the future: how the Belimo EPIV is revolutionizing data centre cooling
This webinar accompanies the second installment of our data centre cooling blog series. This session will dive deeper into the innovative Belimo Electronic Pressure-Independent Valve (EPIV) and its critical role in adapting to the evolving demands of the modern data centre landscape. Learn how the EPIV’s advanced features can optimise cooling strategies and ensure the efficiency and longevity of data centre infrastructure. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights about this rapidly changing industry.
Belimo & emerging data centre technologies: single and two-phase cold plate applications
Watch this 20-minute webinar where we explore the intricacies of cold plate systems and how they can optimise your data centre's cooling and efficiency.