Intel: ExxonMobil teams up with Intel for data center cooling fluid

Oil and gas company ExxonMobil has teamed up with Intel to develop new liquid cooling technologies for data centers. The two firms say the partnership has been set up to “design, test, research, and co-develop energy-efficient cooling fluid solutions”  for use with systems built on chipmaker Intel’s x86 architecture.

Jen Huffstetler, chief product sustainability officer at Intel, said: “Our partnership with ExxonMobil to co-develop turnkey solutions for liquid cooling will enable significant energy and water savings for data center and network deployments. Through this collaboration, we are making progress on our journey to sustainable computing for a sustainable future.”

Sarah Horne, vice president of ExxonMobil, said: “By integrating ExxonMobil’s proven expertise in liquid cooling technologies with Intel’s long legacy of industry leadership in world-changing computing technologies, together we will further the industry’s adoption and acceptance as it transitions to liquid cooling technologies.”