nVent's Approach to Data Center Innovation and Sustainability

Content streaming, online banking, cloud computing, sophisticated smart phone apps, eCommerce, edge computing, artificial intelligence, and more are fueling data processing and traffic demand in data centers throughout the world. The internet and the cloud can seem like abstract concepts, but those technologies are powered by physical data centers that enable so much of what we do every day.

Those data centers need to be protected. For our data center customers, nVent is a problem-solving company. Our customers come to us with visions of what they want their data centers to be able to do and we help develop the infrastructure to support those visions. It’s about more than selling products, it’s about how we diagnose, design for, and solve a wide range of customer problems.

Technological Innovation

Our work in the data center space begins with our innovative technology. We treat data center solutions holistically. For our customers, servers are mission critical assets. They need access control, efficient and effective power distribution, and reliable cooling systems. We integrate rack technology with cooling to create safe haven environments for advanced IT equipment to run uninterrupted 24/7.

At nVent, we have made some of our greatest innovations in data center cooling. As servers and IT equipment take on increasing operating loads generated by greater demand from users, they generate more heat. Data center customers require more and more advanced cooling solutions at both the rack level and the row level. Densely packed server racks impede airflow and air cooling cannot always handle these high heat loads efficiently, or at all. Liquid cooling is the right solution for many of our customers. It offers effective and efficient cooling for IT equipment because heat transfers much more efficiently to liquid than to air. This helps data centers run more equipment closer together while keeping heat loads under control.

Modern IT equipment is increasingly being developed with liquid cooling in mind and requires it to run effectively. However, many data centers were not built to support liquid lines running throughout the facility. At nVent, we have developed bolt-on, modular liquid cooling solutions that convey the benefits of liquid cooling to IT equipment while operating in a traditional, air-cooled environment. We can help customers at all stages: whether they still use 100% air cooling or are running liquid lines to every single rack; whether they are looking for standardized solutions or require a custom design.

We are also seeking opportunities to augment our offerings with thoughtful partnership opportunities. Our collaboration with Iceotope Technologies Ltd. further integrates Iceotope’s precision immersion cooling solutions with our holistic suite of accessories, power distribution, and advanced liquid cooling products.