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THERMAL MANAGEMENT

Chemours, NTT Data launch product trials for novel

data centre cooling solution

US-based speciality chemicals fi rm, Mr. Kouhei Kurotaki, Deputy Manager
Chemours, has announced the launch of of Technology Consulting Division at
a full-scale product trial with Japanese NTT Data Japan, said, “Opteon 2P50
information technology (IT) service and directly addresses the growing heat
consulting company, NTT Data, and a generation and energy use challenges
Japanese engineering firm, Hibiya facing data centres, and we believe this
Engineering Ltd., focused on data centre trial will help address key value chain
two-phase immersion cooling. questions. By driving joint verifi cation
fi cant gains in data centre effi ciency and specifi cation we believe that we
The trial follows successful lab and sustainability. can fully meet customer requirements,
testing and aims to revolutionise data support safe construction and opera-
centre cooling strategies through According to Chemours, its Opteon tion, provide more sustainable IT
cutting-edge technologies, including 2P50 has an ultra-low global warming services, and ultimately accelerate
Chemours’ dielectric fl uid, Opteon potential of 10 (AR6) and superior adoption of innovative technologies.”
2P50. This announcement marks an performance capabilities compared to
important step in the product commer- traditional or single-phase cooling tech- “As India is rapidly emerging as
cialisation process. The product trial nologies. “As AI adoption grows and a key player in AI, high-performance
was designed to address the growing next generation graphics and central computing, and advanced data process-
data centre energy and cooling gap. processing chips become the standard, ing, it drives an urgent need for effec-
As data centres evolve to meet the traditional cooling technologies simply tive and effi cient thermal solutions to
demands of high-performance com- cannot keep up. We developed Opteon support the growing digital infrastruc-
puting and artifi cial intelligence (AI), 2P50 specifi cally for data centres, to ture. Opteon 2P50 provides an ideal
they generate more heat and higher not only increase the performance and response to these demands, enabling
energy demand. This collaboration effi ciency criteria, but also to dramati- stakeholders to effectively cool some of
will explore next-generation cooling cally reduce the environmental foot- the highest power chips on the market,
technologies that can provide optimal print of data centres around the globe,” while maintaining a strong focus on
computing performance today and said Ms. Izabela Jasinska, Chemours’ environmental sustainability,” Chemours
into the future, while supporting signi- Liquid Cooling Venture Leader. said in a press note.
HIGH GLOBAL PRICES

India keen on ramping up rapeseed meal exports

to Chinese market
India may become a key supplier of Canada and the EU. “Given the current market. “Leveraging this opportunity
rapeseed meal to China if Beijing eases supply constraints and rising prices, could not only boost India’s exports but
its stringent trade restrictions on the India has a renewed opportunity to also help stabilise prices in the inter-
commodity, according to the Solvent explore and recapture its lost share in national market,” SEA added.
Extractors Association of India (SEA), the Chinese market,” SEA said in a
industry body. statement. India, the world’s third-largest
rapeseed producer, exported over
A shortage of rapeseed meal in Indian rapeseed meal is currently 2-million tonnes of rapeseed meal
the European Union has driven global priced at $209 per tonne free alongside annually. However, China has accounted
prices signifi cantly higher. China, a ship (FAS) at Kandla port, substantially for less than 1 percent of that volume
major consumer, currently imports the lower than the $335 per tonne being due to higher prices and previous trade
protein-rich animal feed primarily from quoted ex-Hamburg in the international restrictions.

132 Chemical Weekly April 29, 2025

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