Liquid Cooling Industry Overview Drivers and Market Outlook

From IBM's 1967 Water-Cooled Computer to an $8.9B Market: The Drivers Shaping China's Liquid Cooling Boom

Explosive data growth and AIGC demand are pushing data centers toward liquid cooling, which beats air cooling. IBM launched the first water-cooled computer in 1967; China followed with Sugon in 2011, then Huawei and Inspur. Cold plate, immersion and spray dominate—immersion achieves PUE below 1.13. China's liquid cooling server market hit $1.01 billion in 2022, up 189.9%, and is forecast to reach $8.9 billion by 2027. By 2025 it will cover 24% of Internet, 25% of finance and 23% of telecom data centers. EXTRCOOL offers dual-mode CDUs, manifolds, cold plates, rear-door heat exchangers, dry coolers and containerized systems.

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