LG Uplus to Develop Liquid Cooling Operating Standards for AI Data Centers

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LG Uplus said on Oct. 28 that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ecolab Korea, the Korean subsidiary of global water treatment solutions provider Ecolab, at its Yongsan headquarters in Seoul on Oct. 27 to optimize AI data center cooling system operations, and the companies will jointly develop liquid cooling operating standards for next-generation AI data centers, aiming to establish an integrated operating framework covering cooling fluid management and equipment anomaly detection. The companies plan to combine LG Uplus' data center building and operating experience with Ecolab Korea's cooling fluid management technology to conduct joint technical validation, and will first validate the operational stability of the Technology Cooling System (TCS) Loop, a cooling fluid circulation system connecting AI server racks with coolant distribution units. LG Uplus will provide a large-scale liquid cooling test environment under construction at its Pyeongchon 2 data center, designed to validate the cooling performance of AI infrastructure based on next-generation GPU architectures; Ecolab Korea will establish a cooling fluid quality management framework using its proprietary digital water quality monitoring system. The companies also plan to develop an AI-based predictive maintenance system. Based on the validation results, LG Uplus plans to establish an integrated operating framework covering cooling equipment installation, fluid quality management and real-time monitoring. The company did not disclose when the operating standards would be finalized or implemented at actual data centers. The event remains at the planned/agreement stage, not an implemented standard.

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Source: The Elec · 10/28/2026 · View original source