Liquid Cooling Technology Revolutionizes Data Centers
Techstrong.IT, Friday, September 5th, 2025
Joe Capes, CEO of LiquidStack, explains why LiquidStack shifted from Bitcoin mining to advanced cooling technologies. The focus is on liquid cooling methods that improve efficiency for AI data centers. LiquidStack introduces the GigaModular, a scalable solution for AI workloads, addressing challenges in scaling infrastructure, power supply, and rapid deployment.
Liquidstack's story began in 2012 with Bitcoin mining, where the company pioneered two-phase immersion cooling to squeeze efficiency out of power-hungry rigs. Over time, the focus moved beyond crypto into data centers and edge computing, expanding into single-phase immersion and direct-to-chip solutions. That pivot couldn't have been better timed. Today, nearly 80% of large-scale AI deployments are liquid-cooled, and the industry is headed toward 100%. Simply put, air cooling can't keep pace with racks running hundreds of kilowatts-and in some cases pushing past a megawatt.