Intelligence Update
Liquid-cooled load simulation for DLC commissioning
Data center commissioning typically concludes with an integrated system test, using load banks in place of IT equipment to verify the performance of power and cooling infrastructure. A facility designed to support direct liquid cooling (DLC) at scale introduces changes to virtually every stage of the data center life cycle, and commissioning is no exception: a liquid-cooled data center requires new types of equipment and commissioning procedures.
Several manufacturers now offer liquid-cooled load banks for DLC commissioning (sometimes called rack emulators). Most load banks designed for this purpose were commercialized relatively recently and remain an area of ongoing development.
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