Transforming the Future of Data Center Cooling

Transforming the Future of Data Center Cooling Mon, 09/28/2026 - 14:00 Body By Nathan Blom, Vice President of Liquid Cooling, Chemours For generations, Delaware has been a place where scientific discovery and manufacturing excellence come together to solve real-world challenges. The First State has built a reputation for transforming research into technologies that have a global impact. Today, the U.S. finds itself in a global race to lead in artificial intelligence (AI) and winning that race requires a rapid buildout of next-generation AI data centers. While discussions about data center growth often focus on securing more electricity generation and new water supplies, the more pressing challenge may be how efficiently those resources are used once they enter the facility. The reality is that a significant share of a data center’s energy consumption is not used to perform computing tasks; rather, it is used to manage the enormous amounts of heat generated by increasingly powerful processors. More than 95% of data centers today rely on traditional air-cooling technologies, and more than 40% of total energy consumption can be dedicated to cooling IT equipment. Many facilities also r