Case Study: Shell achieves lower cooling costs and greater sustainability with Intel immersion cooling

Shell cuts electricity use by up to 48% with Intel

Shell, a global energy company, faced the challenge of increasing AI and high-performance computing demands within its data centers, which required innovative cooling solutions to boost capacity while improving energy efficiency and reducing its carbon footprint. The high rack densities and compute capacity were making traditional air-cooling markedly less efficient, with cooling accounting for up to 40% of total energy use. To address this, Shell partnered with vendor Intel Corporation, along with Supermicro and Submer, to develop and validate a full immersion cooling solution.

The solution implemented by Intel was an Intel Data Center Certified immersion cooling system using Shell's single-phase immersion cooling fluids and 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors. This certified system allowed data centers to skip lengthy proof-of-concept phases and proceed to large-scale deployment. The results achieved included up to 40% greater CPU performance, 48% less electricity consumption, 99% less water use, and up to 30% fewer CO2 emissions. The solution also required up to 80% less floor space, optimizing data center operations.

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