Consulting services
Cooling Architecture & Technology Selection
Choose a cooling architecture based on the workload, rack density, climate, water constraints, power budget, and long-term operating economics—not vendor marketing.
Actionable scope
The work we help perform
- Air cooling versus liquid cooling feasibility.
- Direct-to-chip liquid cooling evaluation.
- Single-phase and two-phase immersion cooling assessment.
- Rear-door heat exchangers and in-row cooling evaluation.
- Hybrid cooling architecture design studies.
- Cooling distribution unit and facility-loop strategy assessment.
- Chilled-water versus warm-water system comparisons.
- Heat rejection, dry cooler, cooling tower, and heat exchanger options.
- Water consumption and water-treatment requirements.
- Redundancy, maintainability, and failure-mode comparisons.
- Vendor-neutral technical and economic comparisons.
Client deliverables
A clear basis for your decision
- Cooling technology decision matrix.
- Conceptual cooling architecture alternatives.
- Preliminary thermal and hydraulic requirements.
- CAPEX and OPEX comparison framework.
- Key equipment and procurement considerations.
- Recommended architecture and implementation roadmap.
Architecture recommendations require hardware qualification and project-specific engineering.
Scope, inputs, specialist requirements and delivery schedule are agreed after an initial project discussion.
Planning a Data Center? Start With the Decisions That Matter Most.
Whether you are evaluating land, comparing cooling technologies, reviewing an existing design, or preparing for deployment, TIP helps identify the decisions that deserve attention first.