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Daniel Pope, CEO Submer
Immersion Cooling
20% of global electricity), and delivers
order of magnitude increases in efficiency
over forced-air cooling.
At the same time, the technology allows
for ZERO water consumption of the
secondary cooling systems as they
operate in a closed loop protected from
the outdoor climate and sand.
Submer is proud to bring to GITEX the
SmartPodX, the latest addition to their
cutting-edge SmartPod Immersion
Cooling System platform, launched
at the past OCP Global Summit. The
SmartPodX conforms to both standard
server formats and to Open Compute
Project (OCP) specifications for high-
performance, supercomputing and
hyperscale infrastructures. The practical
and modularly highly scalable, all-in-one
design of Submer’s Immersion Cooling
solutions allows it to be deployed
anywhere in the world, guaranteeing:
• • Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)
ratios of 1.03 or better – 25x to 30x
more efficient (no matter the climate
conditions, so also in regions with hot
temperatures or high humidity as the
Middle East).
• • Compute densities exceeding 100
kW – 10x to 20x higher per rack footprint.
• • IT Hardware lifespan increase of
20% to 50%.
• • Reduction of energy costs by
around 50%.
• • Zero water consumption of the
full solution as it operated with closed
water loops.
• • Compatibility with all existing
off the shelf IT hardware (which
is protected by the dielectric
biodegradable SmartCoolant).
• • Safe and sealed environment
(that helps protect the IT hardware
from any dust or particles, avoiding
thus maintenance and cleaning
procedures that are common in air-
based cooling systems).
When it comes to data centre
cooling in the Middle East
region there are several
serious challenges which
need to be overcome.
With Submer Immersion Cooling
solutions, data centre owners and
operators in the Middle East can be
protagonists of the next digital revolution
achieving efficiencies better than remote,
state-of-the-art hyperscale facilities and
getting low-latency, high computational
density, Edge-ready services, right where
they are needed the most.
About Submer
Submer, the cleantech company, designs,
builds and installs Liquid Immersion cooling
solutions such as for HPC, hyperscaler,
data centres, Edge, AI, deep learning and
Blockchain applications. The SmartPod and
the SmartPodX, two of Submer’s Immersion
Cooling technologies, are the most practical,
resilient, eco-friendly and highly efficient
Immersion Cooling solutions guaranteeing
fast and easy deployment thanks to their
modular and compact design.
Submer is changing how data centres
are being built from the ground up, to be
as efficient as possible and to have little
or a positive impact on the environment
around them (reducing their footprint and
their consumption of precious resources
such as water).
Our multinational talented team has a
huge passion for the environment and
expertise in data centre design and day-to-
day operation. We’re continuing to scale
our team and operations in Barcelona to
support our international growth.
Submer Immersion Cooling was founded
in 2015 by Daniel Pope and Pol Valls to
make operating and constructing data
centres more sustainable. Both Daniel
and Pol have previous track records of
taking tech ventures from start-ups to
high-value companies (notably, creating,
growing and operating the Data Centre
Datahouse Internet later acquired by
Telefónica Group in 2011). ◊
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