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You don't need a chiller in the desert.

Cool your data center with 20°C water while using 30% less water and electricity than a chiller. Forget the wet bulb, cool to the dew point.

Installation Modes

Next-Gen Desert Hyperscaling

  • Scale Vera Rubin in 45°C+ ambient without thermal throttling or performance loss.
  • Maximize FLOPS/watt by maintaining lower chip temperatures to minimize silicon leakage.
  • Eliminate mechanical chillers and the associated high energy overhead in arid regions.

Brownfield Capacity Expansion

  • Unlock compute density in legacy envelopes by replacing inefficient chiller loops.
  • Future-proof legacy facilities for the power demands of Blackwell and Rubin architectures.
  • Bypass new permitting by staying within existing water and power allocations.
Optimal Facility Locations
History of Heat

1.5 Million BCE

Discovery of Fire

The discovery of controlled fire provided warmth, protection, and cooked food, accelerating human brain development and laying the foundation for social cooperation and early metallurgy.

Homo erectus

1712

Converting heat to mechanical work

Thomas Newcomen’s “atmospheric engine” marked the first time heat was successfully converted into mechanical work, igniting the Industrial Revolution and forever changing how we power the world.

Newcomen Steam Engine

1856

Cooling via mechanical compression

The development of vapor-compression cooling allowed humans to manipulate heat in reverse. This revolutionized global food supplies, medicine, and eventually made inhabitable climates comfortable through air conditioning.

Harrison Refrigeration System

1939

First Jet Engine Flight

Advancements in high-temperature metallurgy and internal cooling allowed engines to withstand the extreme heat of gas turbines, shrinking the globe and ushering in the age of commercial aviation.

Heinkel aircraft company

1962

Heat Pipes in Electronics

The invention of the heat pipe enabled highly efficient, passive thermal management. This technology became critical for cooling satellites in the vacuum of space and, later, high-performance laptops.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

1981

Space Shuttle Thermal Protection

The development of silica-based ceramic tiles allowed the Space Shuttle to survive the 1,650°C heat of atmospheric re-entry, proving that we could protect human life against the most extreme thermal environments.

NASA

2012

EV Battery Thermal Management

The rise of high-performance electric vehicles was made possible by advanced liquid cooling systems. Managing heat during rapid charging and discharge is the key to battery longevity and the transition to sustainable transport.

Tesla Motors

2022

Inertial Confinement Fusion

By focusing 192 lasers to create temperatures exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius, scientists achieved produced a net energy gain (Q > 1). This milestone demonstrated the ability to harness the thermal forces of the stars within a laboratory setting.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

2026

First GW Scale Data Center

As Generative AI demands unprecedented compute power, liquid-to-chip cooling and phase-change materials are becoming the new standard, ensuring that the heat of our digital minds doesn’t halt the progress of intelligence.

Meta Prometheus

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