WILMINGTON, DE — The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) announced that Samsung Electronics has successfully qualified its Opteon™ two-phase immersion cooling fluid for use with Samsung’s fourth-generation solid-state drives (SSDs). The approval marks a critical milestone in the adoption of immersion cooling technology as data centers and server manufacturers race to meet the rising energy and performance demands driven by artificial intelligence and advanced semiconductor chips.
Samsung’s qualification follows nearly a year of rigorous testing and represents the first time the company has approved a two-phase immersion cooling fluid for its hardware. Testing for next-generation SSDs, including fifth- and sixth-generation devices, is expected to begin in the coming months.
Chemours worked alongside Samsung, immersion tank manufacturer Liquid Stack, and semiconductor and data center provider PKI Corporation to complete performance testing in a full-scale 48U immersion cooling tank. The trials showed no degradation and confirmed the fluid’s compatibility with Samsung’s systems.
“Collaborating with Samsung has enabled us to get an even deeper understanding of the evolving digital infrastructure needs and unique value of our Opteon™ two-phase immersion cooling fluid,” said Denise Dignam, President and CEO of Chemours. She emphasized that the technology supports higher IT loads, reduces equipment failures, and significantly cuts energy and water use, translating into cost savings for operators.
Samsung highlighted the importance of compatibility as AI and high-performance computing drive unprecedented cooling requirements. “Finding innovative solutions to effectively cool IT hardware, without creating compatibility or performance issues, is no simple task,” said Sungki Lee, Project Leader of SSD HW Reliability Engineering at Samsung. “After nearly a year of testing, the Opteon™ two-phase immersion cooling fluid met or exceeded all compatibility parameters.”
Samsung also developed a high-reliability test standard, based on Open Compute Project (OCP) benchmarks, to evaluate immersion cooling systems. The Opteon™ fluid became the first solution to meet this standard, paving the way for broader qualification across Samsung’s product lines, including memory semiconductors and logic devices.
Opteon™ immersion cooling offers substantial efficiency gains over conventional methods. The technology reduces data center energy consumption by up to 40%, cooling energy use by up to 90%, and nearly eliminates water use. In addition, it can reduce space requirements by 60%, while delivering a power usage effectiveness (PUE) close to 1, a benchmark in energy-efficient operations.
The qualification strengthens Chemours’ position in the growing liquid cooling market and represents a significant step toward scaling sustainable cooling solutions for data centers worldwide.
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