Immersing servers and information technology (IT) equipment in a dielectric fluid enables substantial energy savings and accommodates growing load densities. The existing proprietary immersion cooling solutions and numerous case studies have established the effectiveness and energy savings for new construction or a retrofit from the device to the facility level.

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Immersion cooling of data center equipment promises to improve reliability and overall equipment life, with lower service and repair costs. Immersion cooling greatly reduces failures such as solder joint failures, oxidation and corrosion of electrical contacts, electrostatic discharge, and ambient particulate. It allows for much more consistent and controlled operating temperature and humidity. Bill of materials (BOM) component count and cost reductions are intrinsic to immersion too, as fans, conventional heatsinks, and operating environment controls such as humidity sensors are eliminated.  These reliability advances include a reduction in corrosion and electrochemical migration, lessening of environmental contamination like dust, debris, and particulates, reduced thermal shock, and mitigation of tin and zinc whiskers.  Furthermore, the improved thermal management of components due to the increased heat capacity of fluids, can provide a significant increase in compute performance.