Infosys and Shell New Energies UK Ltd (Shell) have joined forces to to provide immersion cooling services solutions for data centers. As part of this partnership, Infosys and Shell will bring together their capabilities in digital and energy, respectively, to create an integrated offering for green data centers.In a filing with BSE, Infosys said, “This will be achieved by leveraging Shell Immersion Cooling Fluid, a synthetic, single-phase immersion cooling fluid designed to maximise the energy efficiency and performance of data servers and IT components, and Infosys Topaz, an AI-first set of services, solutions and platforms using generative AI technologies.”
As per recent industry estimates, data centers are responsible for up to 1.5% of global electricity consumption and 1% of global CO2 emissions. AI is expected to accelerate data center demand and AI workloads will significantly increase energy consumption and CO2 emissions.The company stated that immersion cooling technology could potentially result in up to a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 48% decrease in energy footprint. Shell and Infosys will test this, leveraging both Shell’s immersion cooling and Infosys’ digital solutions.
Following the pilot at Shell’s and Infosys’ data centers, the companies intend to extend the offer to other customers globally. Infosys, having achieved carbon neutrality 30 years ahead of the Paris Agreement’s 2050 target, emphasizes the business imperative of reducing carbon intensity and provides tailored solutions for clients on their decarbonization journey. Shell aims to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. Ashiss Kumar Dash, Ashiss Kumar Dash, EVP and global head of sustainability, services, utilities, resources, and energy at Infosys, stated, “This collaboration will leverage AI based digital solutions that will create environmentally responsible data centers that can manage high computing loads with optimised hardware. It is also critical that future digital and physical solutions are created with a view to make AI more sustainable and scalable.”
Aysun Akik, VP new business development and global key accounts downstream and renewables at Shell Lubricants, said, “We believe our immersion cooling technology can play a critical role in reducing data center energy use and helping customers to deliver on their sustainability commitments. Based on Shell’s proprietary gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology, Shell Immersion Cooling Fluids can help cut costs, boost performance and reduce the environmental footprint of data center operations as part of an integrated solution.”
