LG Electronics, SK Enmove, and U.S. company GRC are joining forces to target the immersion cooling market for artificial intelligence (AI) data centers. Immersion cooling is an advanced technology for managing the heat generated by data center servers, and the three companies plan to collaborate to gain market leadership.

The three companies announced on the 27th that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint development of immersion cooling solutions and global business expansion at LG Electronics' chiller business site in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. Immersion cooling is a technology that cools servers by directly submerging them in a non-conductive liquid (fluid) that does not conduct electricity. It is considered more efficient at managing heat compared to traditional air cooling, which uses cold air, or liquid cooling, which circulates coolant through cooling plates attached to servers.

LG Electronics plans to handle cooling systems such as chillers, SK Enmove will provide the fluid for immersion cooling, and GRC will supply the immersion cooling tanks, creating a comprehensive cooling solution package. This integrated technology will be demonstrated at the data center dedicated testbed established within LG Electronics' Pyeongtaek chiller business site.

LG Electronics has a diverse portfolio of heating and cooling solutions, including large chillers and commercial and residential air conditioners. With this collaboration among the three companies, it is entering the immersion cooling sector for the first time. SK Enmove entered the immersion cooling market by making a strategic investment in GRC in 2022 and successfully developed immersion cooling fluid in the same year. In 2023, it took its first step towards commercialization by applying it to SK Telecom's data center. GRC, which introduced the industry's first immersion cooling solution in 2009, is expanding its business by collaborating with various global information technology (IT) companies.

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