Data center cooling solutions so reliable, you can switch to decaf
Maximizing uptime is mission-critical to data center continuity, and Copeland solutions are engineered for reliability. Our oil-free centrifugal compressor delivers over 150,000 start/stop cycles with restart speeds under 47 seconds. We'll help you avoid costly downtime and even make caffeine optional.
Copeland is heavily invested in the future of data center cooling. From breakthrough compression technologies and intelligent controls to robust data analytics powered by AI and machine-learning algorithms, our integrated solutions and product development resources are springboards for tomorrow’s innovations.
Engineered to Take the Data Center Heat - from Edge to Hyperscale
Data center cooling demands are escalating rapidly to match industry growth. As processing requirements and computing densities increase, stakeholders need cooling strategies to address robust challenges.
- Maximize air- and water-cooled chiller capacities and efficiencies.
- Absorb the heat generated by high-density AI computing and graphics processing units (GPUs).
- Successfully implement the next generation of liquid-cooling technologies.
- Lower facility carbon footprints with energy-efficient, eco-friendly technologies
Copeland offers cooling solutions that increase data center resiliency. For colocation and hyperscale data centers, we’re providing the most reliable and efficient compression technologies for chiller applications — helping them to optimize cooling and HVAC systems to leverage economies of scale.
With more than a century of cooling-specific domain expertise and inventiveness, Copeland is leveraging its vast engineering resources and experience to solve the data center market’s most pressing cooling challenges.
Data Center Products and Solutions
- OIL-FREE CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR
- DIGITAL SCROLL COMPRESSORS
- VARIABLE-SPEED SCROLL COMPRESSORS
- DATA ANALYTICS SYSTEM INTEGRATION
Oil-Free Centrifugal Compressor
Robust cooling capacity
Meeting the demanding cooling load requirements of mission-critical, air-cooled data center chiller applications requires high-tonnage, high-speed compressors that can deliver robust, precise and reliable performance.
Energy efficiency
Compared to existing screw compressor technology, the Copeland oil-free centrifugal compressor delivers significant energy efficiency gains in full- and part-load conditions.
Flexible architecture
Independent configuration of compressor, electronic controls and variable frequency drives (VFDs) opens new design options for data center chiller OEMs, while allowing systems to be customized for various and/or specific application requirements.
Performance Enhancing Algorithms
The Copeland oil-free centrifugal compressor leverages intelligent control algorithms and predictive data models to optimize performance and reliability.
Digital Scroll Compressors
The Copeland digital scroll offers multiple benefits to data center thermal management systems. From temperature precision and application simplicity to energy efficiency and tandem-ready scalability, the grid-friendly digital scroll helps data center operations meet reliability goals and lower their carbon footprints.
Reliability
- Minimizes the potential for harmonic interference, which can occur with VFD-based variable-speed compression technologies
- Leverages legendary reliability of scroll technology for consistent uptime and long-term reliability
Design simplicity
- Eliminates the need for an oil separator or drive, which is required with variable-speed compression technologies
Sustainability
- High full-load efficiency offers grid-friendly performance and lowers PUE
- 5:1 turndown ratio improves efficiency across all cooling loads
- Lower-GWP refrigerant optimization meets refrigerant transition goals and regulatory requirements
Scalable cooling performance
- Highly scalable capacity using tandem configurations
- Digital modulation from 20 to 100 percent supports precise temperature control (up to ±0.5 °F) and superior humidity management
- Applicable in air- and liquid-cooling systems
Variable-Speed Scroll Compressors
Copeland offers a breadth of variable-speed scroll compression and drive solutions that are engineered to provide optimized operating envelopes for data center cooling. The launch of the Copeland YDV variable-speed scroll compressor and matched drive was targeted for data center environments — improving performance with increased internal air temperatures and optimizing pressure ratios for seasonal transitions. Copeland variable-speed benefits include:
- Deliver precise cooling and energy optimization via a wide spectrum of modulation ranges
- Support air-cooled chiller and next-gen, liquid cooling scenarios
- Achieve improved efficiency, lower power usage effectiveness (PUE) in split-system, indoor CRACs and chillers
- Lower applied costs via potential elimination of pumps and/or economizer loops
Data Analytics System Integration
Copeland’s data scientists combine decades of compressor history and live data to develop AI and ML algorithms that can unleash the power of data driven performance and maintenance optimization.
- Ensures that compressors and systems are running at their optimal states
- Identifies when performance is out of tolerance ranges
- Helps to improve/lower PUE
- Enables predictive or conditioned-based maintenance (CBM)
- Provides built-in diagnostics and fault protection to prevent faults and help technicians