Shinsung E&G is targeting the AI data center market with EDC, a high-efficiency cooling product for which it claims energy savings of approximately 15% compared with conventional cooling methods.
At the Data Center Korea exhibition held on November 4, Shinsung E&G featured its Eco Data Center Cooler, or EDC, and introduced the product's main performance characteristics for improving data center cooling efficiency and reducing operating costs.
The method of delivering cool air was presented at the exhibition as EDC's key competitive advantage. Rather than cooling an entire space uniformly, the product is designed to use differences in air temperature and density to concentrate cool air in the areas where it is needed.
EDC draws relatively warm air in at the top and discharges cooled air at the bottom. It also uses a swirl diffuser to create a stratified indoor environment in which air forms layers according to temperature.
In particular, it uses differences in air density and buoyancy to concentrate cool air in the required spaces. The focus is on improving energy efficiency compared with conventional methods by reducing cooling in areas where it is unnecessary.
Shinsung E&G claims EDC delivers energy savings of approximately 15% compared with conventional cooling methods. The company also expects it to improve chiller coefficient of performance, or COP, and data center power usage effectiveness, or PUE, while reducing electricity consumption by cooling equipment.
Kim Tae-hyung, an executive director in Shinsung E&G's ENG business division, emphasized the product's improved cooling efficiency and reduced air-conditioning operating costs.
“Data centers use substantial amounts of electricity not only to operate servers but also for cooling equipment, so it is important to manage temperatures efficiently in the spaces where cooling is needed,” Kim explained.
Ease of installation was also presented as a major advantage. EDC uses a duct-free design that allows installation without separate ductwork.
The company explained that the product can address cooling requirements in different spaces because it can be used in various areas within data centers, including electrical rooms, mechanical rooms and uninterruptible power supply, or UPS, rooms.
Shinsung E&G has completed demonstration testing of the product and plans to begin full-scale production and supply in 2027.
The company also showcased its AIO, or All In One, integrated server module and its FWU, or Fan Wall Unit, space cooling system.
AIO integrates server racks and cooling equipment into a single module. Compared with conventional configurations, it can reduce both data hall floor area and floor-to-floor height by approximately 20% and cut equipment installation time to about half.
It can handle heat loads of up to 140 kW per rack for GPU servers and can also use a hybrid configuration combining in-row cooling with direct liquid cooling, or DLC.
FWU supplies cool air throughout a server room using multiple fans arranged in a wall configuration. It automatically changes operating modes according to outdoor air temperature and uses casing certified by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute, or AHRI.
Original Korean article: ikld.kr
English brief by Korea Wind Intelligence, koreawindintel.com
