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“ We have this opportunity of joint development and co-engineering with the customers, so not just developing our own fluid, but working closely with customers to understand their pain points.”

Powering the ecosystem with collaboration When speaking with the Castrol team on site in Pangbourne in the UK, a recurring theme is the importance placed on the company’ s partnerships. With immersion cooling changing how data centre hardware is deployed and managed, collaboration across multiple stakeholders is essential for success.

“ Once you start moving into things like direct chip and immersion, you have fluid coming very close to the IT,” Stephen explains.“ All the different components are going to be touched by the fluid – the tank, the pump, the CDU, the piping, the wires, the servers, the chips.

“ This means all of the different industry components need to be comfortable with the idea of moving over. If one party is saying they’ re not quite ready for that transition, that’ s holding back the whole thing.”

Stephen elaborates on the ecosystem relationships that Castrol has cultivated:“ From an immersion perspective, we have very good relationships with the technology environment. We work a lot with all the different chip companies, the cooling system manufacturers, server OEMs and many different component manufacturers.”

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( Source: Castrol)

136 July 2025