Liquid cooling becomes standard in advanced AI infrastructure

Liquid cooling is consolidating as a mandatory configuration in advanced artificial intelligence data centers. According to consulting firm TrendForce, manufacturers like Nvidia, AMD, and Google face increasing thermal dissipation in their chips, surpassing 1 kilowatt per unit and reaching hundreds of kilowatts in entire servers, making liquid-based systems essential. Adoption is projected to grow from about 33% in 2025 to 53% in 2026, driven by continuous processor evolution and data center modernization by cloud providers. Google leads the movement, implementing the technology in over 80% of its AI servers through a highly customized architecture. Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform represents an inflection point, adopting completely liquid and fan-free cooling. This extends the technology's necessity beyond processors to network interface cards, power distribution modules, and other critical components. Specialized vendors like Cooler Master, AVC, BOYD, and Auras provide components such as water cooling plates and cooling distribution units, delivering gains in thermal efficiency and energy consumption compared to traditional air-based systems.