The Carrier Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU), a new addition to the QuantumLeap series of tailored data center solutions, is now accessible to the global market. This development is spearheaded by Carrier, a part of Carrier Global Corporation, known for its innovations in climate and energy solutions.
The CDU range includes units from 1.3 to 5 megawatts, designed for a variety of large-scale liquid cooling deployments, focusing on enhancing uptime, simplifying maintenance, and easing the installation process.
Direct-to-Chip Liquid Cooling Technology
With increasing high-density heat loads in data centers, the demand for efficient cooling solutions has risen
With increasing high-density heat loads in data centers, the demand for efficient cooling solutions has risen.
The Carrier CDU plays a pivotal role in integrating IT equipment with other cooling solutions within the QuantumLeap portfolio.
Through Carrier's advanced thermal management technologies, facilities can reduce non-IT energy consumption by up to 50% compared to traditional cooling methods, thus optimizing power use and minimizing grid demands.
Integration and Compatibility with QuantumLeap Solutions
The Carrier CDU is designed for seamless integration with other QuantumLeap solutions such as Automated Logic building controls, Nlyte data center infrastructure management software, and Carrier's cutting-edge chiller solutions.
These include screw and centrifugal compression systems equipped with magnetic bearing technology, facilitating a comprehensive approach to cooling management.
Modular and Flexible Design
Featuring modular heat exchangers, the Carrier Coolant Distribution Unit can achieve approach temperatures as low as 3.6°F (2°C), a notable improvement over the industry’s typical 7.2°F (4°C). This design contributes to up to 15% chiller energy savings, allowing more energy to be allocated to servers.
The CDU's adaptability is evidenced by its potential application in-row or in mechanical galleries, suitable for large-scale data centers, including hyperscale and colocation facilities.
Advanced Control Systems and Global Availability
The unit is available internationally, courtesy of multiple Carrier manufacturing sites
The CDU is equipped with the Carrier SmartVu display, offering optimized controls for grouping set-ups and compatibility with Automated Logic or third-party building automation systems.
The unit is available internationally, courtesy of multiple Carrier manufacturing sites, ensuring both global supply and local sourcing.
Christian Senu, Executive Director of Data Centers at Carrier, stated, “Carrier can deliver end-to-end thermal management from chip to chiller through intelligent cooling, digital controls, and predictive monitoring and service.”
Comprehensive Solutions for Data Centers
The QuantumLeap suite provides scalable solutions that cater to data center operators with its advanced energy-efficient cooling systems, including chillers and air handlers.
The suite also offers customizable aftermarket programs and a global service network. Additionally, Automated Logic’s management solutions and Nlyte Data Center Infrastructure Management software support energy efficiency and sustainable operations across various types of infrastructure.
The new Carrier Coolant Distribution Unit, part of the growing QuantumLeap portfolio of purpose-built data center solutions that extends from chip to chiller, is now available. Carrier is a part of Carrier Global Corporation, global pioneer in intelligent climate and energy solutions.
The CDU product family includes multiple unit sizes in the range of 1.3 to 5MW, catering to a variety of large-scale liquid cooling deployments. With fewer mechanical and electrical components for equivalent cooling capacity, the Carrier CDU aims to maximize uptime, simplify maintenance, and reduce installation complexity.
The design enables more efficient chip-level cooling, improved chiller performance and low pressure drops, reducing PUEs for data center operators and maximizing operating range.
Direct-to-chip liquid cooling
With the rise of high-density heat loads in the data center, direct-to-chip liquid cooling has become an integral part of cooling infrastructure, and the Carrier CDU bridges between the IT equipment to other cooling products within the QuantumLeap product portfolio.
The Carrier CDU seamlessly integrates with other Carrier QuantumLeap solutions
By implementing Carrier’s advanced thermal management technologies, data center operators can achieve up to a 50% reduction in non-IT energy use when compared to legacy cooling technologies – streamlining power usage and lessening grid requirements.
The Carrier CDU seamlessly integrates with other Carrier QuantumLeap solutions, including Automated Logic building controls, Nlyte data center infrastructure management software, Carrier custom air handling systems, and Carrier’s range of next-generation chiller solutions, including screw and centrifugal compression systems with magnetic bearing technology.
Carrier Coolant Distribution Unit
The Carrier Coolant Distribution Unit features modular heat exchangers that can achieve approach temperatures as low as 3.6°F (2°C) — a reduction from the industry’s more common 7.2°F (4°C). This innovative design can achieve up to 15% chiller energy savings, providing flexibility for data center operators to devote more energy to servers, rather than the equipment that helps keep them cool.
The Carrier CDU can be applied in-row, or in mechanical galleries, making it optimal for large-scale data centers, such as hyperscale and colocation facilities. Three-side access and a shallow cabinet allow for easier service in compact corridors.
Models offer configurability to best suit application needs, with a wide variety of electrical arrangements, optional mechanical redundancy, and configurable controls to ensure precise coolant flow to and from IT racks.
End-to-end thermal management
The Carrier SmartVu display provides optimized controls that enable streamlined grouping setup
The Carrier SmartVu display provides optimized controls that enable streamlined grouping setup and pairs intuitively with Automated Logic or third-party building automation systems. The CDU is available worldwide through multiple Carrier manufacturing sites, offering customers both global supply and in-region sourcing at scale.
“Carrier can deliver end-to-end thermal management from chip to chiller through intelligent cooling, digital controls and predictive monitoring and service,” said Christian Senu, Executive Director, Data Centers, Carrier.
Christian Senu adds, “The Carrier CDU builds on Carrier’s history of innovation, our focus on customer needs and our available global scale to further expand our data center offerings to help ensure real-time optimization, adaptability and efficiency across data center operations.”
Comprehensive suite of scalable solutions
Carrier QuantumLeap is a comprehensive suite of scalable solutions designed to support data center operators through a portfolio of advanced, energy-efficient cooling solutions that includes chillers, air handlers, customizable aftermarket programs and a global service network.
It also includes Automated Logic’s innovative building management solutions that maximize energy efficiency and sustainable building operation and Nlyte Data Center Infrastructure Management software, which helps data center operators manage their hybrid infrastructure across facilities, data centers, colocation, edge and the cloud.
