SK Telecom and its partners will develop technology across all major liquid cooling methods: Direct, Immersion and Precision
In brief – why this matters
SK Telecom and partners will co-develop next-gen liquid cooling technologies for AI data centers as liquid cooling becomes critical to support high-density GPU workloads.
The partnership will cover all major liquid cooling methods — Direct, Immersion and Precision — positioning the firm to lead in thermal innovation.
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Korean telco SK Telecom continues to get involved in the AI infrastructure space with a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Giga Computing, a specialist in liquid cooling technology, and SK Enmove to jointly develop next-generation cooling solutions tailored for AI workloads.
Under the terms of this deal, the three parties aim to collaborate on extensive research and development efforts, including validating technologies to optimize liquid cooling performance and developing artificial intelligence data center (AIDC) solutions for high-density, performance-intensive environments that traditional cooling systems struggle to support effectively.
Giga Computing will contribute its expertise in liquid cooling solutions, while SK Enmove will be in charge of supplying high-quality, energy-efficient cooling fluids that are engineered for scalability, reliability, and long-term sustainability in large-scale data center deployments.
The cooperation will focus on optimizing and validating all three liquid cooling methods commonly used in data centers: Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC), Immersion Liquid Cooling (ILC), and Precision Liquid Cooling (PLC). Additionally, the companies will develop a liquid cooling package solution by conducting operational verification, which houses GPU and NPU servers essential for AI model training and inference.
