Vertiv has acquired Strategic Thermal Labs LLC (STL), a specialist in advanced liquid-cooling technologies, to strengthen its engineering capability for high-density, liquid-cooled environments supporting AI and high-performance computing workloads.
The acquisition extends Vertiv’s thermal-chain strategy at the interface between server-side liquid cooling and supporting infrastructure. According to Vertiv, this area increasingly affects system performance, including flow, balance, controls behavior, serviceability, and lifecycle reliability.
STL adds expertise in cold-plate design, server-side liquid cooling, and high-density thermal validation. Vertiv said the acquisition is expected to improve its ability to simulate and emulate real high-density compute conditions, optimize interaction between the thermal chain and power train, and support customers across design, integration, commissioning, and lifecycle operations.
“As AI and high-performance computing push power densities to unprecedented levels, understanding and solving heat challenges at the chip level becomes critical to system design, performance and reliability,” said Scott Armul, chief product and technology officer at Vertiv. “STL brings deep expertise and proven capability in addressing some of the industry’s most demanding chip-level density and thermal problems, strengthening Vertiv’s ability to emulate and validate system-level solutions and enabling customers to improve performance and lifecycle outcomes in liquid-cooled environments.”
Vertiv said the acquisition does not change its commitment to an open ecosystem approach. The company will continue to support interoperable, server- and silicon-agnostic infrastructure solutions across diverse compute environments.
