Data Center Cooling Partnership Targets Predictive Maintenance and Uptime
Key Facts
- The partnership focuses on combining coolant expertise with real-time monitoring and predictive analytics for data center cooling systems.
- It aims to shift maintenance strategies from reactive to predictive, reducing costly unscheduled downtime.
- The collaboration will generate real-world data to inform future coolant product development and validation.
NORTHBROOK, Illinois, and WEATHERFORD, Texas — Old World Industries (OWI) and Integrity Systems have formed a strategic partnership to combine coolant expertise with real-time monitoring and predictive analytics for data center cooling systems.
The companies aim to help data center operators monitor coolant performance, identify developing problems, and make more informed maintenance decisions as artificial intelligence (AI) and other high-density computing workloads increase cooling demands.
OWI manufactures coolant and heat transfer solutions, including PEAK and Thermal Charge heat transfer fluids. Integrity Systems provides monitoring, predictive analytics, and diagnostic capabilities for critical infrastructure.
The partnership is designed to complement periodic laboratory coolant testing with continuous field monitoring. This approach can help operators identify changing cooling-loop conditions between scheduled tests.
Integrity Systems' platform combines sensor data, operating conditions, maintenance history, and operator knowledge. Its monitoring capabilities are designed to work alongside existing controls and monitoring systems.
“Unscheduled downtime remains one of the most expensive risks facing data center operators today,” said Greg Noethlich, CEO of OWI. He said the partnership is intended to help customers shift from reactive troubleshooting to predictive maintenance.
The collaboration will also generate real-world operating data on coolant performance. The companies said these insights could inform future product validation and development while providing operators with additional information about cooling-system conditions.
Connor Wooley, chief technology officer of Integrity Systems, said the company is applying its AI capabilities to coolant and cooling-system health. Its approach includes deploying specialized AI locally to help operators understand changing conditions and determine when action may be needed.
The partnership aims to help data center operators improve uptime, protect critical infrastructure and manage growing computing demands through continuous cooling-system monitoring and predictive maintenance.