SWEP, a world-leading supplier of brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs), has launched two new products, SWEP B327 and SWEP B224, developed to meet growing market demand in data centre cooling and district energy applications.
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) on the rise, power and processing in data centres require efficient alternatives to traditional air cooling.
Both new products, which expand the range of SWEP liquid cooling solutions for data centres, are developed for single-phase applications such as data centre cooling and district heating, with shared design features including large ports for high flow rates, low pressure drop, and high thermal efficiency.
SWEP B327 and SWEP B224 are both high-performing heat transfer solutions providing a tight temperature approach in a compact heat exchanger format, making them highly suitable to fit the confined spaces of a data centre where Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs) are more frequently used to handle high-density heat loads and keep servers at adequate temperatures.
SWEP B327 can also be used to capture excess heat from data centres, thermal storage, heating substations and tap water stations up to 1000kW, according to SWEP president, Ulrika Nordqvist.
"SWEP is committed to providing state-of-the-art heat transfer solutions to support the rapid evolution of data centres," he said.
"Being at the forefront of market development and demand for products that meet the future of efficient, sustainable cooling and heat reuse is a core mission for SWEP. Both SWEP B224 and SWEP B327 reflect this goal."
The SWEP family of liquid cooling solutions includes a broad range of data centre offerings that are specifically designed for:
- Cooling Distribution Units (CDUs) – a closed-loop system that circulates coolant on one side and water on the other to enable efficient cooling to precise temperatures.
- Mechanical Cooling – chiller technology capable of operating in both air- and water-cooled systems and connecting Computer Room Air Handling (CRAH) systems and/or providing facility water for CDUs in a liquid-cooled system.
- Free Cooling – which utilizes ambient air or facility water, rather than refrigerants, to chill the air the data centres or to cool servers and other equipment directly.
- Heat Recovery – for extracting waste heat from water warmed by cooling the servers and reusing it for district heating, process heating or a wide range of other applications.
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SWEP is a global company with more than 1,100 employees, five production sites and a presence in 50 countries.