What is the status of TACC Lonestar6 immersion cooling?
TACC Lonestar6 immersion cooling is tracked as operating. It was announced on January 31, 2022, and the public record should not be interpreted as a later project stage without new evidence.
Operating HPC deployment • Deployment
TACC Lonestar6 immersion cooling
The Texas Advanced Computing Center uses GRC ICEraQ Series 10 immersion systems for part of its Lonestar6 supercomputer.
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Project brief
What is publicly known
GRC reported a 280 kW immersion-cooled system for Dell servers using AMD EPYC processors. The case study reports 10% lower server power from fan removal and 2% cooling-power overhead, corresponding to a 1.02 partial PUE for the immersed system boundary.
Status is labeled from public evidence. Supplier orders, MoUs, pilots, projects under delivery, and operating sites are not counted as equivalent.
- Status
- Operator
- Texas Advanced Computing Center
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Capacity
- 280 kW immersed system
- Rack density
- Not disclosed
- Compute
- Dell C6525 servers with AMD EPYC CPUs
- Announced
- Jan 31, 2022
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Companies involved
Company
GRC
A single-phase immersion-cooling company supplying tank systems, coolant, controls, and deployment services for HPC and data centers.
Austin, Texas, United States
Company
Dell Technologies
A server and infrastructure supplier integrating liquid-ready rack systems and cooling partnerships for accelerated computing.
Round Rock, Texas, United States
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Cooling architecture
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Equipment chain
Equipment category
Immersion cooling tanks
Fluid vessels, power distribution, networking, and heat exchange assembled to operate submerged computing hardware.
5 tracked suppliers
Equipment category
Liquid cooling fluids
Water, glycol mixtures, dielectric oils, and engineered refrigerants that carry heat through cooling systems.
4 tracked suppliers
Equipment category
Heat exchangers
Plate, coil, and shell heat exchangers isolate loops and transfer thermal energy across the cooling chain.
4 tracked suppliers
Evidence ledger
Primary sources
Profiles distinguish company-reported claims from confirmed operating data. Open the original materials before relying on a specification.
- 01GRC deploys liquid immersion cooling for Lonestar6
GRC · Jan 31, 2022
Direct answers
Frequently asked questions
Concise answers generated from the structured record and its cited evidence.
How much capacity does TACC Lonestar6 immersion cooling represent?
The source-reported capacity is 280 kW immersed system. The project is located in Austin, Texas, United States.
Which cooling technologies are associated with TACC Lonestar6 immersion cooling?
The record connects the project to Single Phase Immersion.