HF Sinclair Launches Immersion Cooling Fluids

Oct. 9, 2024 — HF Sinclair’s Lubricants & Specialties business annoiunced a line of single-phase immersion cooling fluids. INNOVATE is a series of dielectric thermal management fluids formulated with proprietary, ultra-pure, Highly Refined Alkanes (HRA) technology.

The company said HRA enables exceptional heat transfer capabilities while offering broad compatibility with materials required for immersed compute applications. Engineered for superior oxidative stability, the fluids support reliable and consistent performance in service.

INNOVATE meets the requirements set out by the Open Compute Project (OCP), underscoring the company’s focus on advancing high-performance products that align with industry standards and promoting best practices in the space.

“The growth of new, advanced computing technologies required to power the digital revolution places significant demand on data centers,” said Matt Joyce, Senior Vice President, Lubricants & Specialties at HF Sinclair. “We are confident that INNOVATE™ will play a key role in enabling the further growth of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing and blockchain.

“Through our fundamental research and formulating capabilities, as well as our established commercial brands, the HF Sinclair Lubricants and Specialties business has a proven track record of deploying dielectric fluids to protect electrical infrastructure in demanding environments. We’ve applied this expertise to INNOVATE, which is designed to meet the unique challenges of high-performance computing,” the company said.

The launch of INNOVATE anticipates the growing demand for new thermal management technologies today and illustrates HF Sinclair’s Lubricants & Specialties business’ commitment to providing the innovative solutions, such as liquid immersion cooling technologies, required for the future.