Samsung Electronics has qualified Chemours’ Opteon two-phase immersion cooling fluid for use with its current-generation solid state drives (SSDs), marking the first such qualification for this type of fluid by the company. The milestone supports the adoption of two-phase immersion cooling in response to the increasing cooling and energy demands of AI and next-generation chips.
The qualification follows rigorous testing with Samsung's fourth-generation SSDs and confirms the fluid’s compatibility and performance. Samsung plans to begin testing the Opteon fluid with its fifth and sixth-generation SSDs in the coming months.
Chemours collaborated with Samsung, Liquid Stack, and PKI Corporation to carry out performance testing in a commercial-scale 48U immersion cooling tank. The tests showed no signs of degradation, meeting all compatibility requirements.
Samsung developed its own high-reliability test standard based on Open Compute Project (OCP) guidelines. The Opteon fluid is the first two-phase immersion cooling solution to meet this standard, which aims to ensure efficient heat transfer and high reliability for various hardware, including SSDs, DDR modules, and logic devices.
“After nearly a year of testing, the Opteon two-phase immersion cooling fluid met or exceeded all compatibility parameters,” said Sungki Lee, Project Leader of the SSD HW Reliability Engineering Team at Samsung Electronics.
Chemours reports that the Opteon fluid helps reduce water usage, energy consumption, and cooling-related energy use while improving IT load handling and equipment reliability.
