Thermal management & performance

Overview

Precision Thermal Testing for Modern Cooling Infrastructure

Our thermal management and performance testing services provide comprehensive evaluation of cooling infrastructure across large- and medium-scale facilities capable of simulating real data center conditions up to 5 MW.

We test heat exchangers (brazed plate, shell-and-tube, and more), coolant distribution units (CDUs), pumps, variable frequency drives (VFDs), in-row coolers, and rear-door heat exchangers (RDHx). Testing protocols cover P-Q curves, heat transfer coefficients, system efficiency, and transient response scenarios — including loss-of-cooling events critical for uptime planning.

High-Power & Extreme Condition Testing

Under high-power workloads — such as AI inference clusters and crypto mining deployments — we evaluate thermal behavior during thermal shock and cycling. Our rack-level environmental chambers operate from -40 °C to +100 °C, with heat tents reaching 85 °C across multi-bay configurations.

Liquid-side testing includes benchmarking of high-flow cold plates (low thermal resistance), liquid-to-air heat exchangers, TEC and recirculating chillers, and immersion chillers with stability down to -20 °C. Thermal characterization of full racks, enclosures, and liquid cooling loops is conducted under controlled, repeatable conditions for accurate performance data.

  • Heat exchanger testing: brazed plate, shell & tube, liquid-to-air
  • CDU, pump & VFD performance evaluation — P-Q curves & efficiency
  • System-level transient testing: loss-of-cooling response scenarios
  • Rack-level thermal cycling: -40 °C to +100 °C environmental chambers
  • High-flow cold plate benchmarking & low-thermal-resistance validation
  • Immersion chiller & TEC testing with stability down to -20 °C
Thermal management & performance LARGE-SCALE THERMAL TEST FACILITY — UP TO 5 MW
5MW
Max Facility Power
-40 / +100°C
Chamber Temperature Range
-20°C
Immersion Chiller Stability
Use Cases

Applications

AI & GPU Clusters

Thermal performance validation for high-density AI inference and training racks under sustained maximum TDP workloads.

Data Center Cooling Infrastructure

End-to-end evaluation of CDUs, in-row coolers, RDHx, and liquid loops to verify cooling capacity before deployment.

Crypto Mining & High-Power Compute

Thermal shock and cycling tests that replicate aggressive duty cycles in high-power mining and edge compute environments.

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