Cooling Environments/Cold Plate
Welcome
- Welcome to the OCP Cold Plate Sub-Project.
- This Project is open to the public and we welcome all those who would like to be involved.
- Disclaimer: Please do not submit any confidential information to the Project Community. All presentation materials, proposals, meeting minutes and/or supporting documents are published by OCP and are open to the public in accordance to OCP's Bylaws and IP Policy. This can be found on the OCP OCP Policies page. If you have any questions please contact OCP.
Project Leadership
Rack & Power Project Incubation Committee Representative
- - Steve Mills (Meta)
Cooling Environments - Project Lead
- - Sean Sivapalan (Nvidia), John Fernandes (Meta), Cosimo Pecchioli (BP/Castrol)
Cold Plate Sub-project Lead
- - Emily Clark (Dell)
- - Berhanu Wondimu (Intel)
Cold Plate Important Links
- - ACS Cold Plate Meeting Notes
- - ACS Charter
- - OCP Presentation Template - please contact Michael Schill for a copy
Active Workstreams
Cold Plate Coolant Liquids Workstream
- This Project is open to the public and we welcome all those who would like to be involved.
- Draft documents for community review:
- - Draft: Guideline for Using Water-Based Transfer Fluid in Single-phase Cold plate-based liquid-cooled racks (July 2024)
- - Draft: Guidelines For Using Propylene Glycol-Based Heat Transfer Fluids In Single-Phase Cold Plate-Based Liquid Cooled Racks (July 2024)
- - Draft: Guidelines for Using Dielectric Liquid-Based Transfer Fluids in two-Phase Cold Plate-Based Liquid-Cooled Racks (July 2024)
Passive Cold Plate Workstream
- This Project is open to the public and contributors are welcome.
- Draft documents for community review:
- - Draft: GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING PASSIVE TECHNOLOGY COOLING SYSTEMS USING LOOP HEAT PIPE TECHNOLOGY (November 2024)
Blind Mate Liquid Cooling for ORv3 (BMQC)
- This Project is closed to the public under CLA.
- Draft documents for community review:
- - Draft: ORv3 Blind Mate Quick Connector Specification (BMQC) (May 2024)
- - Draft: Meta Open Rack Frame V3 Specification (May 2024)
- - Draft: ORv3 Blind Mate Manifold Base Specification (May 2024)
- - Draft: ORv3 IT Gear Design Guide (May 2024)
Accepted Contributions
Cold Plate Requirements Workstream
- - Cold Plate Requirements Meeting Minutes
- - ACS Cold Plate Requirements Revision 1
- - ACS Cold Plate Cooling Loop Requirements Revision 2
Fluid Serviceability and Maintenance Workstream
- - Fluid Serviceability and Maintenance Meeting Minutes
- - Guidelines for Using Propylene Glycol-Based Heat Transfer Fluids in Single-Phase Cold Plate-Based Liquid Cooled Racks
- - Guidelines for Using Water-Based Transfer Fluids in Single-Phase Cold Plate-Based Liquid-Cooled Racks
Blind Mate Liquid Cooling for ORv3 (BMLC)
Universal Quick Disconnect
- - Universal Quick Disconnect Hand-Mate Specification
- - Universal Quick Disconnect Blind-Mate Specification
- - Universal Quick Disconnect Blind-Mate Methodology Whitepaper
Other
- - ACS Cold Plate Qualification Requirement
- - Cold Plate Development and Qualification
- - Liquid Cooling Integration and Logistics White Paper
- - Hose and Manual Couplings Best Practices
- - Leak Detection and Intervention
- - Developing a Mobile Cart for Datacenter Fluid Servicing
- - OAI Liquid Cooling Guidelines
- - Rack Manifold Requirements & Qualification
Get Involved
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Regular Project Calls
Cold Plate
Every second Wednesday of the Month from 8am-9am PT
Call link
- - Zoom Link to ACS Cold Plate Sub-project Calls
- - Meeting ID: 894 3907 7808
- - Passcode: 273150
One tap mobile
- - +13017158592,,89439077808# US (Washington DC)
- - +13052241968,,89439077808# US
Dial by your location
- - +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
- - +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
- - +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
- - +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
- - +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
- - +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Find your local number: https://opencompute-org.zoom.us/u/kdxl9NR9DE
Cold Plate Coolant Liquids Workstream
Every other Monday from 7am-8am PT
Call link
- - Zoom Link to Cold Plate Coolant Liquids Workstream Calls
- - Meeting ID: 881 5373 6938
- - Passcode: 767739
One tap mobile
- - +13092053325,,88153736938# US
- - +13126266799,,88153736938# US (Chicago)
Dial by your location
- - +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
- - +1 929 205 6099 US (New York)
- - +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
- - +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
- - +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
- - +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Find your local number: https://opencompute-org.zoom.us/u/kdedcyUBct