SWEP Introduces New Products for Future Demands of Data Center Cooling and Heat Reuse

SWEP, part of Dover (NYSE: DOV), has introduced two new high-performance brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs) developed to meet growing market demand in data center cooling and district energy applications. The SWEP B327 and SWEP B224 heat transfer solutions are both designed to provide a tight temperature approach in a compact heat exchanger format, making them highly suitable to fit the confined spaces of a data center where Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs) are more frequently used to handle high-density heat loads and keep servers at adequate temperatures. SWEP B327 can also be used to capture excess heat from data centers, thermal storage, heating substations and tap water stations up to 1000kW.

With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) on the rise, power and processing in data centers require efficient alternatives to traditional air cooling. Both new products, which expand the range of SWEP liquid cooling solutions for data centers, are developed for single-phase applications such as data center cooling and district heating, with shared design features including large ports for high flow rates, low pressure drop, and high thermal efficiency.

“SWEP is committed to providing state-of-the-art heat transfer solutions to support the rapid evolution of data centers,” said Ulrika Nordqvist, SWEP President. “Being at the forefront of market development and demand for products that meet the future of efficient, sustainable cooling and heat reuse is a core mission for SWEP. Both SWEP B224 and SWEP B327 reflect this goal.”

The SWEP family of liquid cooling solutions includes a broad range of data center offerings that are specifically designed for:

• Cooling Distribution Units (CDUs) – a closed-loop system that circulates coolant on one side and water on the other to enable efficient cooling to precise temperatures.
• Mechanical Cooling – chiller technology capable of operating in both air- and water-cooled systems and connecting Computer Room Air Handling (CRAH) systems and/or providing facility water for CDUs in a liquid-cooled system.
• Free Cooling – which utilizes ambient air or facility water, rather than refrigerants, to chill the air the data centers or to cool servers and other equipment directly.
• Heat Recovery – for extracting waste heat from water warmed by cooling the servers and reusing it for district heating, process heating or a wide range of other applications.

More information about brazed plate heat exchangers for CDUs and district heating applications from SWEP.

SWEP B224 data sheet

SWEP 327 data sheet