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We explore why AI-driven data centres are turning to direct-to-chip liquid cooling and how IoTenabled, real-time monitoring of coolant health is transforming thermal management from reactive maintenance to proactive control. Mukul Girotra, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Ecolab’ s Global High-Tech Division, explains the key metrics, operational challenges and critical role of fluid telemetry in ensuring resilient, efficient and sustainable high-density computing environments.

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Artificial Intelligence( AI) has created exponential growth for data centres, with US data centre energy demand expected to increase from 25 GW in 2024 to more than 80 GW by 2030. With AI as the driver, data centre organisations are feeling the pressure to ensure uptime while reducing water consumption and optimise energy efficiency.

The recent launch of Ecolab’ s technology within an advanced portfolio of solutions is designed to drive highperformance data centre cooling by helping operators address the water, energy and performance demands of AI-driven computing.

The new innovation within Ecolab’ s advanced cooling management portfolio is 3D TRASAR Technology for Directto-Chip Liquid Cooling, developed for next-generation server environments. The system delivers real-time monitoring of coolant health, tracking coolant concentration, temperature, pH, flow rates and other fluid health indicators to help protect direct-to-chip servers and critical cooling infrastructure.

This new solution is supported by Ecolab’ s Water Quality IQ performance insights, which provide data and recommended actions at a glance for

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