Hi all,

My company has patented a unique method for liquid cooling electronic components. We currently design servers for data centers, but are looking to expand into other niches. Cryptocurrency mining is one of the areas we are looking into, so we are posting here in search of advice from the community as to whether this would be a good application for our technology and how to go about commercializing it.

LiquidCool Solutions employs total liquid immersion cooling, a cost-efficient technology that eliminates fans and substantially reduces the amount of energy needed to cool IT components. Liquid immersion cooling exposes components directly to a dielectric liquid coolant.

Our technology reduces cooling costs by up to 98% and has on average a 75% smaller footprint compared than an air-cooled data center. LCS coolant has 1400 times more heat capacity than an equal volume of air, making it a far more effective at transporting heat. Using our patented Directed Flow technology to circulate fluid through a sealed server chassis, coolant is constantly flowing through the system, maintaining optimal stability and reducing power-to-cool by 98%.

Unlike water, the coolant LCS uses does not carry an electric charge and is completely safe to use with any electronic component. Since all components are immersed in fluid, they are isolated from the outside environment, so they can be operated anywhere and component lifetime is extended substantially. Using liquid instead of air, the heat is easy to transport and recycle, in order to heat a home or building for example.

The system is fanless and there are no moving parts in the chassis. In fact, the only moving parts are central pumps, typically located in a mechanical room. Liquid coolant is pumped through the server chassis, removing heat from all of the components and carrying the heat out of the unit. The warm liquid then flows to a heat exchanger, where the temperature is reduced and the cycle repeats, similar to the central heating system in a home. The “cool” liquid can be as hot as 45°C, so the heat exchanger typically is a simple fan-coil system.

Here is a diagram of how coolant flows through the system: http://i.imgur.com/9JIWNEF.png
And a video aimed at the data center market: https://youtu.be/YAT_ZqWt2Og
Our website: www.liquidcoolsolutions.com

A few questions:

1. Our servers accommodate up to 4 NVIDIA GPUs at the moment. Is there any way we can make this effective for mining, or is re-engineering it the only way I can expect a decent hashrate?
2. Is there likely to be high future demand for GPU mining rigs? With Ethereum's upcoming switch to PoS, will another cryptocurrency fill the gap or will the market shift more toward ASICs?

Thanks for your time. Any thoughts or advice would be welcome!