#Industry News
Large-scale Commercial Breakthrough of Data Center Liquid Cooling
75-80% Cold Plate Share and a 2026 Breakout: The Numbers Behind Liquid Cooling's Commercial Tipping Point
With AI training server chips breaking the kilowatt threshold, liquid cooling has become a rigid necessity, with 2026 marked as the breakout year as rack density climbs from 5-8kW air-cooled racks to 40-80kW mainstream AI racks and future 100-200kW platforms. Cold plate cooling occupies 75%-80% of the domestic market with low transformation difficulty and controllable costs, while immersion cooling achieves ultra-low PUE for hundreds-of-kilowatts clusters. The complete industrial chain spans upstream core components and special coolants—the core investment track—midstream system integration and downstream scenarios. EXTRCOOL provides one-stop liquid cooling solutions.