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CDU · Coolant Distribution Unit

Heat exchanger plus pumps isolating the clean technology loop from facility water and providing leak containment.

Unit that pumps and conditions coolant to racks while isolating it from the facility water system.

Also written as: Coolant Distribution Unit

Current numbers

2 MWOCP Project Deschutes 5 CDU (Google-contributed, multi-vendor): 2 MW at 3 °C approach, 80 psi, 0.2-µm side-stream filtrationas of 2026-10 · register ↗
~3–5 °CCDU heat-exchanger approach (FWS→TCS) as a design allowance; OCP's Project Deschutes 5 CDUs are rated 2 MW at 3 °Cas of 2026-10 · register ↗
~165–236 L/minHPE liquid-load water-property example at a 7–10 K rise; Chapter 5.1 owns the method; your rack and CDU set limitsas of 2026-08 · register ↗

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