Nvidia patents data center plugs that turn hot gas back into liquid
Nvidia describes a design for data center cooling systems where the connectors between racks contain built-in heat exchangers. These components turn hot coolant vapor back into a liquid state before sending it to the electronic hardware.
In the filing’s own words
Embodiments described herein provide an example data center infrastructure implementing various liquid cooling methods. In at least one embodiment, one or more rack connectors in a data center infrastructure includes one or more embedded heat exchangers to turn a coolant vapor to a liquid-state coolant and distribute the liquid-state coolant towards one or more electronic hardware connected to the one or more rack connectors.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A data center infrastructure comprising: one or more rack connectors having one or more embedded heat exchangers embedded inside the one or more rack connectors, wherein the one or more rack connectors connect one or more rack manifolds to one or more racks, and wherein the one or more embedded heat exchangers turn a coolant vapor to a liquid-state coolant and distribute the liquid-state coolant towards one or more electronic hardware via one or more coolant lines operatively connecting the one or more embedded heat exchangers inside the one or more rack connectors.
Facts
- Company
- Nvidia (NVIDIA Corporation)
- Official title
- Coolant connectors with embedded condensers
- Patent number
- US12764905B1
- Application number
- 18427533
- Filed
- Jan 30, 2024
- Granted
- Oct 13, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H05K 7/20318 Electricity & electronicsH05K 7/20327 Electricity & electronicsH05K 7/20381 Electricity & electronicsMore from Nvidia in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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