About the project
The CoolHeatDC team aims to develop an innovative, environmentally friendly, and integrated cooling solution for the next generation of data centers. The objective is not only to ensure highly efficient and safe cooling, but also to make the resulting waste heat usable by upgrading its temperature level and enabling its meaningful reuse in district heating or industrial heating applications. In doing so, we contribute to a reliable, efficient, and future-proof operation of data centers while simultaneously supporting the energy and heat transition of European district heating systems and process industries with heat demand.
Key objectives are to: (i) translate end-user needs into technical and operational specifications; (ii) evaluate natural working fluids as alternative to synthetic refrigerants for safe, efficient two-phase immersion cooling; (iii) develop advanced simulation tools and dedicated test infrastructure for broad experimental and numerical investigation of two-phase immersion cooling systems; (iv) design, build and validate the integrated heat pump solution at lab scale under realistic conditions; (v) assess scalability and techno-economic viability in industrial environments and define follow-on R&D steps; and (vi) prepare early uptake through targeted stakeholder engagement and exploitation activities.
