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Direct-to-chip cooling is a liquid cooling approach that removes heat close to the processor rather than relying only on traditional air cooling. As AI workloads increase thermal density, data centers are adopting more advanced cooling architectures, including direct-to-chip and other liquid or hybrid cooling approaches, which require well-designed fluid and water infrastructure.

Liquid cooling systems are used to manage higher thermal loads in modern data centers, especially as AI drives denser compute environments. These systems rely on cooling loops, hydronic infrastructure, fluid handling, and related treatment and monitoring capabilities that must be planned alongside the broader facility design.

Data center cooling loops can include pumps, motors, heat exchangers, tanks, valves, accessories, and other applied water and hydronic infrastructure used to move and manage fluids throughout the cooling system. Xylem also works with cooling OEMs and project stakeholders to support design, installation, and operation.

Water quality can directly affect cooling reliability, maintenance requirements, and long-term system performance. Treatment, filtration, loop quality management, and monitoring help support heat-transfer performance, system condition, and operational continuity across cooling environments.

Data centers can reduce water use by combining more efficient cooling architectures with reuse, recovery, recirculation, and broader water planning. The source material notes that closed-loop liquid cooling can reduce water use by 80–90%, and that the sector could become 46% more water-efficient by 2050, with potential savings of 2.4 trillion liters annually.

Monitoring helps operators measure flow, pressure, level, temperature-related performance, and water quality so they can identify issues earlier and improve system decision-making over time. Xylem supports this through sensing, analytics, Xylem Vue, and integration with BMS and DCIM environments.

Yes. Xylem supports the cooling-loop and hydronic infrastructure inside the facility while also helping customers address sourcing, treatment, transport, measurement, monitoring, reuse, discharge, and long-term planning across the broader site and community water context.

Because the shift to liquid and hybrid cooling is part of a wider infrastructure redesign. Cooling loops, water systems, and fluid infrastructure should be planned alongside compute, power, and overall facility architecture from the outset to support better performance, resilience, and long-term scalability.