Vertiv™ Integrated Thermal Chain:
The thermal backbone of AI
Not just cooling products. Vertiv delivers end-to-end cooling architecture
engineered for AI-scale efficiency, uptime, and scalability.
AI and high-density compute are reshaping data centers faster than traditional cooling can keep up.
AI-driven infrastructure has pushed data centers beyond the limits of traditional cooling. What was once gradual and predictable has become a surge of density, speed, and complexity. These pressures are reshaping cooling into the critical path for uptime and performance, and they manifest in five intensifying challenges:
- Density: Racks climbing from 5–10 kW to 100 kW+
- Speed: Capacity must deploy ahead of technology cycles
- Scale: From pods to gigawatt-scale data centers
- Complexity: Hybrid air/liquid systems with increasing interfaces
- Load profile: Dynamic, synchronous workloads requiring 24/7 uptime
The Vertiv™ Integrated Thermal Chain is engineered to meet these challenges head-on — delivering validated, end-to-end architectures that support reliability, scalability, and efficiency for AI infrastructure.
Make chilled water work in tight spaces, varied climates, and high-efficiency setups, guided by George Hannah, Senior Director for Global Chilled Water Systems, expert in high-density chilled water systems and lifecycle facility support.
AI workloads drive power density to extremes, challenging traditional cooling methods. In this Vertiv Tech Talks short, Enrico Miconi, Senior Manager of Product Management for Global Chilled Water Solutions at Vertiv, explains how data centers are evolving with hybrid cooling strategies that combine air and liquid systems.
Data centers operate across diverse climates, regulations, and infrastructure constraints. In this Vertiv™ Tech Talks short, Nicola Gattolin, Global Product Manager for Chilled Water Systems at Vertiv, discusses how global cooling strategies must adapt to regional requirements while maintaining consistent performance and reliability.
Madeline Hoffman, Offering Specialist at Vertiv, explains how optimizing chilled water temperatures, improving free cooling utilization, and aligning system components can reduce energy consumption and total cost of ownership. By enabling higher operating temperatures, systems can extend free cooling hours, reduce compressor use, and improve overall efficiency.
Vertiv delivers integrated thermal architectures across the full cooling stack
Cooling performance depends on coordinated operation across the full thermal chain.
The Vertiv™ CoolLoop Trim Cooler represents the building block of an integrated cooling architecture.
16 units in parallel create a 25 MW cooling block, with three additional units as rotating redundancy. The architecture scales to support your critical digital infrastructure and uptime at hyperscale for hyperscalers and AI-driven facilities.
Vertiv™ solutions
Room Cooling
Precision cooling systems designed for modern data center spaces, offering high efficiency and reliability for both raised and non-raised floor environments.
Rack and In-Row Cooling
Compact cooling systems placed within or between racks—delivering efficient airflow for high-density deployments.
Liquid Cooling Solutions
High-density cooling systems (rack, ceiling, or floor-mounted) built to support rising power densities in AI and edge environments.
Heat Rejection
Outdoor and indoor units that remove heat from the facility efficiently, supporting thermal performance and energy targets.
Outdoor Packaged Systems
Pre-configured cooling units with integrated economization, supporting air and liquid cooling for high-density deployments.
Free Cooling Chillers
Chilled water systems that take advantage of ambient conditions to deliver efficient cooling in small to mid-sized environments.
Evaporative Free Cooling
Air handling systems that combine indirect heat exchange and evaporative cooling, supporting high-efficiency, low-impact thermal strategies for scalable data centers.
Thermal Control & Monitoring
Leverage real-time data and system visibility to adapt cooling performance to changing load conditions, improving efficiency and supporting operational goals.
White paper
Evolving refrigerant regulations and applications in data center environments
Know the international protocols, related studies, and technical details of the new refrigerants that led to the countries’ upcoming mandates to use the new low GWP refrigerants.
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Vertiv™ CoolPhase Flex
The Vertiv™ CoolPhase Flex is the industry’s first packaged system offering liquid and air cooling for modern data centers.
Vertiv™ CoolPhase CDU
Designed to remove barriers to liquid cooling in air-cooled environments, the Vertiv™ CoolPhase CDU is a liquid-to-refrigerant coolant distribution unit for direct-to-chip and rear door cooling applications that offers easy, cost-effective deployment in any data center.
Vertiv™ CoolPhase Wall
The Vertiv™ CoolPhase Wall is a wall-mount split system cooling solution for small technical rooms, server rooms, and edge computing applications.
Shaping the future of infrastructure
Scaling data center infrastructure demands tight alignment across design, delivery, and operations. Compass Datacenters and Vertiv bring power, cooling, and services into closer coordination.
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