Gates, a global manufacturer of highly engineered power transmission and fluid power solutions announced a collaboration and entry into the fast-growing and evolving data centre cooling market this week.
Gates is collaborating with CoolIT Systems., a world leader in scalable liquid cooling technology for the world's most demanding computing environments.
To meet the surging demand in the AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and enterprise markets, CoolIT is working with Gates to develop the most efficient and reliable liquid cooling solutions available today, they said in a statement.
The partnership includes developing advanced solutions and tightens the supply chain between Gates strong North America based operations and CoolIT's Calgary, Canada manufacturing hub, to support the expected market growth.
Gates is leveraging its technical expertise in materials science, fluid conveyance, and thermal management to offer efficient and reliable solutions for the data centre cooling market.
Gates solutions include a broad range of highly-engineered products that withstand the rigorous demands of high-performance computing environments where reliability and uptime are critical.
Furthermore, Gates global manufacturing footprint and capability also provide the capacity to support CoolIT's demand requirements in this rapidly growing application space.
President of global strategy for Gates., Tom Pitstick, said data centre cooling is a natural market extension for Gates.
“The Gates brand is synonymous with quality and reliability, which is table stakes for data centre operations. We have over a hundred years of experience in thermal management applications and that experience has positioned us well to participate in a wide range of applications, from the electrification of vehicles to high-power industrial applications such as data centre cooling," he said.
Senior vice president of global operations at CoolIT Systems, Hamid Rafiei, said there is unprecedented demand for liquid cooling thanks to the mainstream utilization of generative AI.
"Our partnership with Gates leverages their strong technical capabilities and secures the capacity for key components that are integral in our data centre product portfolio. We anticipate being well equipped to address the surging AI market demand with the Gates support,” Rafiei said.