Asperitas Wins New Energy Challenge With Integrated Liquid Immersion Cooling Technique for Datacenters 

Oct. 24, 2018 -- The New Energy Challenge 2018 has been won by Asperitas from the Netherlands with their unique liquid-cooling solution for datacentres, called Immersed Computing. The liquid cooling system is far more sustainable than traditional air-based cooling systems. The jury praised the product for its energy reduction and energy reuse in the fast-growing datacentre market. Asperitas won a €100,000 grant from Shell Ventures.

Maikel Bouricius, Marketing Manager from Asperitas: “This is a big day for Asperitas. Winning the New Energy Challenge shows that we, as a clean-tech company, are on the right path to green the datacentre industry. After two years of development we launched our first solution in 2017, deployed the first projects this year and we expect winning this award can speed up our development once more.”

Demand for datacentres is rapidly growing as a result of the growing consumption of data. However, datacenters need cooling systems and they demand a lot of energy. Immersed Computing builds on existing liquid immersion cooling technologies by adding the integration of power and network components, improving cooling physics while at the same time maintaining a strong focus on design and engineering for usability. With this technology the energy footprint of a datacenter could be reduced with 50%. Even better, the electricity used would be turned into another energy: hot water of up to 65 degrees Celsius. This is a valuable, scalable and practical resource for heating.

Geert van de Wouw, Vice-President of Shell Ventures: “Asperitas has come up with a complete and integrated energy solution that can be effectively utilised in most, if not all, situations. It is a technology that offers a solution for an energy intensive application that is growing with immense speed. For that reason, Asperitas can play a valuable role in the energy transition.”

About the New Energy Challenge

The now third edition of the European-wide New Energy Challenge is a tough competition that pushes the boundaries of early stage start-ups active in the energy transition. Especially start-ups working at the crossroad of integrated energy technologies and smart energy solutions are sought after to help reduce the climate impact in a future energy system.

It calls for the best, possibly game-changing solutions of start-ups to come forward and work with us. At the New Energy Challenge, we are strong believers of collaboration in the transition to a lower-carbon energy system, because we can only succeed when working together. This is why we bring multiple actors together from start to finals. See www.newenergychallenge.com.

Source: Shell