Echelon, Trinovium to develop liquid cooling technology
Author: Joe Peck
Echelon Data Centres, a developer and operator of hyperscale data centres, has entered into a collaboration with clinical diagnostics company Trinovium, a subsidiary of Trinity Biotech, to develop liquid cooling technologies for AI and high-density computing environments.
The collaboration will focus on cooling requirements created by increasing computing and power densities in data centres, including the management and monitoring of coolant used in liquid cooling systems.
As operating temperatures and demands increase, factors including corrosion, particulate contamination, fluid degradation, and microbial growth can affect the reliability of cooling systems.
The collaboration combines Echelon’s experience in designing, developing, and operating hyperscale data centre infrastructure with Trinovium’s expertise in high-purity fluid manufacturing and analytical technologies.
Under the agreement, the companies will develop and refine liquid cooling technologies based on the requirements of Echelon’s hyperscale and AI infrastructure portfolio, which currently includes more than 700MW of capacity in development and more than 1.4GW of secured capacity across Ireland, the UK, Italy, and other markets.
Trinovium was established to apply Trinity Biotech’s experience in healthcare-grade fluid manufacturing to AI infrastructure. Its initial direct-to-chip cooling formulation is based on high-purity aqueous chemistry, corrosion inhibition, and coolant system protection, alongside consistency and traceability.
Monitoring liquid cooling systems
Alongside its cooling fluid, Trinovium is developing a fluid health and system intelligence platform using analytical technologies from Trinity Biotech, including connected electrochemical sensing and mass spectrometry.
The platform is intended to monitor corrosion and scaling, particulate contamination, and microbial growth and biofilm formation, providing information about the condition of liquid cooling systems.
Development is expected to begin shortly, with initial work covering direct-to-chip cooling fluids, thermal management systems, and modular liquid cooling technologies for AI and high-performance computing.
Niall Molloy, CEO of Echelon Data Centres, comments, “AI is changing the infrastructure requirements of data centres. As more computing power is concentrated into smaller spaces, managing the heat it generates becomes an increasingly important engineering challenge.
“Liquid cooling will be an important part of meeting that challenge, but it is not simply about moving heat more efficiently; the quality, stability, and monitoring of the fluids within those systems will also be important to their long-term reliability.”
John Gillard, CEO of Trinity Biotech, adds, “The rapid growth of AI is creating unprecedented demand for advanced cooling technologies capable of supporting increasingly dense and power-hungry computing environments.
“By combining Trinovium’s capabilities in high-performance fluid design, precision manufacturing, and advanced analytics with Echelon’s hyperscale data centre expertise, we believe we can accelerate the development of innovative liquid cooling solutions designed specifically for the next generation of AI infrastructure.”
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