International. Nortek Air Solutions confirmed the use of its proprietary StatePoint Technology in two buildings in Facebook's data center in Clonee, Ireland.
Facebook announced that "the Clonee data center will continue to be one of the most advanced and energy-efficient data centers in the world and will be backed by 100% renewable energy."
The StatePoint system uses a liquid-to-air membrane exchanger in which water evaporates through a membrane separation layer to cool the data center. "This new exchanger technology addresses some of the fundamental disadvantages of wet media evaporative cooling and open spray systems and opens up new possibilities for high-performance liquid cooling in data centers and other applications," explains Philip LePoudre, Fellow Engineer of Nortek.
The liquid-to-air membrane exchanger prevents cross-contamination between water and air streams, greatly reducing the risk of water-side fouling and aerosol entrainment into the exhaust air stream. In addition, the StatePoint liquid cooling system achieves exceptional levels of water efficiency while maintaining industry-leading energy efficiency.
"We are excited and proud to be part of the innovations used by Facebook to support its world-class efficiency levels," said Bruno Biasiotta, CEO of Nortek.
Since 2015, Nortek Air Solutions has worked closely with Facebook's engineering team to develop StatePoint technology. The goal was to design a new cooling solution for data centers in certain climates. Facebook and Nortek Air Solutions announced the technology in June 2018.
