The Uptime Institute has recognized 3M Company, Iceotope Research and Development Ltd. and the University of Leeds in the UK as joint-Green Enterprise IT (GEIT) award winners for their development of new data center liquid cooling methodologies designed to improve energy efficiency in data servers. Based in New Mexico, the Uptime Institute offers education, consulting, publications, conferences, seminars and research opportunities for improving reliability and uninterruptible availability in data center facilities.
The University of Leeds is being recognized in the Facility Product Deployment category of the GEIT Awards for its case study, which discusses the installation of a liquid cooled server system—known as the Iceotope Solution—designed and manufactured at the university’s School of Mechanical Engineering thermofluids laboratory. Manufactured and designed by Iceotope, the server system employs 3M’s Novec Engineered Fluids.
“As we are recognized for the successful deployment of the University of Leeds system with the GEIT award, we continue to collaborate with 3M to bring our cutting-edge liquid encapsulation cooling technology solution to the U.S. market to address the rising data center energy costs and high-performance computing needs, as well as water and space conservation needs, in a manner that fully conforms to industry standards,” Iceotope founder and chief executive officer Peter Hopton said.
“The team at the University of Leeds and Iceotope are true visionaries for finding innovative ways to respond to sustainability and energy efficiency needs in data centers,” Joe Koch, business director at 3M’s Electronics Markets Materials division, said. “We applaud their dedication and leadership and hope their accomplishments will inspire other industry leaders to come forward in helping to find better ways to address energy efficiency.”
“In addition, the collaboration with our partners is consistent with 3M’s longstanding commitment to sustainable development and demonstrates 3M’s culture to work with our customers to meet energy-efficiency and sustainability objectives.”
