Asperitas’ immersion cooling technology first to comply with Open Compute Project immersion requirements

 Immersion cooling speci­a­list Asperitas has achieved their AIC24 quality and safety quali­fi­ca­tion for global tech­no­logy community, Open Compute Project (OCP) recog­ni­sing the solution as the first OCP immersion cooling tech­no­logy to be validated for use in the OCP domain. The unanimous approval of the OCP panel further streng­thens the Asperitas position as thought leaders and contri­bu­tors to high industry standards. 

Asperitas, an active member of OCP since 2018, has been leading the immersion cooling acti­vi­ties within signi­fi­cant projects, such as the Advanced Cooling sub-project. The Immersion Requi­re­ments Document Revision 1.0 has been developed with several other community members in the work­stream such as Intel and Schneider Electric, with Revision 2 moving towards comple­tion in October 2021. The AIC24 solution, already known for its energy effi­ci­ency, resi­li­ency, flexi­bi­lity and sustai­na­bi­lity, has achieved the high recog­ni­tion for its quality and safety within these requi­re­ments. The submis­sion has been approved for the OCP Market­place for countries that recognize the CE mark as means of regu­la­tory compli­ance with relevant standards (EU and others) with other terri­to­ries to follow, pending UL certi­fi­ca­tion. In addition, Asperitas has been accre­dited the optional ‘thermal optimised’ and ‘high safety’ clas­si­fi­ca­tions in further recog­ni­tion of our high quality technology.

“Asperitas is thrilled to be the first immersion cooling vendor to have approval for all 3 levels of requi­re­ment (Standard, Thermal Opti­mi­za­tion and High safety) flying through the process with unanimous and uncon­di­ti­onal approval”, commented Andy Young, Asperitas CTO. “We aim to use this recog­ni­tion to enable the market place listing of our inte­grated IT solutions, which are based on the OCP Accepted Open Cassette and follow the OCP Design Guide­lines for Immersion-Cooled IT equipment. The fully redundant, fully contained solution complies with Dutch NEN norms, which are among the most restric­tive in Europe. This further esta­blishes Asperitas as the leading immersion cooling vendor, given we’re the first to achieve full industry recog­ni­tion by OCP. We boast a full set of immersion products and proce­dures that ensure the highest quality and reli­a­bi­lity for immersion worldwide.”

The recent quali­fi­ca­tion comple­ments the OCP Accepted recog­ni­tion for the Asperitas Open Cassette product in 2020. Developed by Asperitas, the Open Cassette can house any IT spec that is compa­tible with the OCP chassis, as well as different kinds of chassis. The flexible design allows brand-dependent equipment to be used in immersion with optimised liquid flow capa­bi­li­ties. The chassis, which has 15”, 19” and 21” options as well as 1U, 1OU and 2U height options, has been developed for single-phase immersion, but other cooling solutions have not been ruled out. In short, the product exem­pli­fies the OCP prin­ci­ples of effi­ci­ency, scale, openness and impact.

Archna Haylock, Chief Community Officer for the Open Compute Project Foun­da­tion stated: “The OCP ACS-Immersion Community has been hard at work. They have been able to establish a better under­stan­ding of common practices and translate this into a working document – one that all companies can follow as a baseline. Asperitas has taken these guide­lines, presented before a panel of peers in the ACS-Immersion Community and clearly demon­strated that they do work, proving their inno­va­tive tech­no­logy to be of high quality.” She continued: “The fact that Asperitas is the very first to be qualified using these OCP guide­lines is a huge testament to their hard work, leader­ship and those who are now bene­fi­ting from this collec­tive effort. This is what OCP should be and this is what companies like Asperitas are accom­plis­hing within it. We are so excited to see this effort go from concept to practice.”

Asperitas is known for its colla­bo­ra­tion with OEMs to faci­li­tate fully warranted solutions. The cleantech company is leading the efforts to build the industry by sharing expert knowledge with the global community and has been the driving force behind every immersion speci­fi­ca­tion so far, with four listings currently on the OCP Contri­bu­tions Database. The company is fully recog­nised for being an industry leader in cutting edge immersion cooling solutions for energy efficient and high-density data­cen­tres globally.

Asperitas will showcase their inte­grated AIC24 21” immersion cooling hardware solution at the upcoming OCP Global Summit in San Jose, Cali­fornia, in November.