Palm Oil to Cool Data Centres? Malaysia Explores Option as Water Demand Surges

Palm oil to cool data centres? Malaysia explores option as water demand surges

However, the proposal has raised concerns that it could lead to an expansion of palm plantations and create an environmental burden.

MPOB Develops Palm Oil-Based Cooling Fluid For Data Centres

When it comes to keeping high-performance PCs cool, an all-in-one (AIO) liquid cooler is already a familiar sight. But the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) is taking the concept quite a bit further with Sawit EcoTherm, a palm oil-based immersion cooling fluid designed to cool entire servers rather than just their processors. Developed by MPOB’s Advanced Oleochemical Technology Division, Sawit EcoTherm is a non-conductive dielectric fluid made fro…