MiTAC Unveils Liquid-Cooled Servers to Tame AI's Power Demands

BARCELONA, Spain – April 29, 2026 – As the artificial intelligence boom continues to push computational boundaries, the data center industry is grappling with an unprecedented challenge: managing the immense power consumption and heat generated by next-generation processors. At the OCP EMEA Summit 2026 this week, MiTAC Computing Technology is addressing this critical issue head-on, unveiling a suite of innovations centered on liquid cooling, open hardware standards, and deep software integration.

The company, a subsidiary of MiTAC Holdings, is showcasing how these technologies converge to create more efficient, scalable, and sustainable infrastructure for the demanding era of AI and high-performance computing (HPC). From deployment-ready liquid-cooled racks to new open-source firmware, MiTAC’s presence in Barcelona signals a strategic push to equip data center operators with the tools needed for the future.

Tackling Thermal Challenges with Advanced Cooling

The core of MiTAC's presentation revolves around its solution to the thermal bottleneck plaguing modern data centers. The relentless performance gains of processors from AMD and Intel come at the cost of higher Thermal Design Power (TDP), pushing traditional air-cooling methods to their absolute limits. In response, MiTAC is expanding its MR2200 series of HPC racks with a powerful new liquid-cooled option.

The star of the show is the MiTAC C2811Z5, a high-density, multi-node server designed specifically for liquid cooling. Each node is powered by the latest AMD EPYC™ 9005 series processors and features expandable DDR5 memory, making it a formidable platform for the most demanding computational workloads. The direct-to-chip liquid cooling design is engineered to dissipate heat far more efficiently than air, enabling improved energy efficiency and allowing processors to maintain peak performance without throttling. This approach not only lowers a data center's Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and operational costs but also allows for significantly higher rack densities. An OCP ORv3-compliant rack can house up to 14 of these powerful C2811Z5 multi-node servers, packing immense compute power into a standard footprint.

Complementing this new liquid-cooled server is the air-cooled MiTAC C2810Z5, which was introduced in 2025 and is now generally available. This 2OU, 2-node server, also powered by AMD EPYC™ 9005 processors, offers a robust and thermally optimized solution for microservices and cloud environments that may not yet require a full liquid infrastructure. By offering both air- and liquid-cooled solutions within a single rack series, MiTAC provides customers with a flexible upgrade path and the ability to choose the thermal strategy that best fits their specific workload and facility requirements.

Championing an Open Ecosystem from Hardware to Firmware

Beyond thermal management, MiTAC is reinforcing its deep commitment to open standards, a philosophy that permeates its entire product stack. The company is a key contributor to the Open Compute Project (OCP), and its latest hardware reflects the project’s principles of modularity, efficiency, and interoperability.

On display at Booth A21 are the MiTAC Capri server and the Lake Erie JBOD, both of which are OCP-inspired and compliant with the latest Open Rack v3 (ORv3) specifications. The Capri server line, which has evolved to its third generation with Capri 3, is a high-density system supporting AMD EPYC 9005 processors and is optimized for deployment in ORv3 racks. The Lake Erie JBOD provides a flexible, high-capacity solution for software-defined storage, featuring a tool-less, modular design that simplifies maintenance and expansion in hyperscale environments. By adhering to OCP standards, these platforms help data center operators avoid vendor lock-in and build more flexible, cost-effective infrastructure.

This commitment to openness extends from the hardware to the foundational software layer. MiTAC announced the integration of Canonical Ubuntu 26.04 LTS across its AI hardware portfolio, providing a stable, secure, and widely supported operating system for enterprise and cloud deployments. More significantly, the company is demonstrating its new open-source firmware solutions: MiOPF, a system BIOS based on the EDK2 framework, and MiOBMC, a baseboard management controller firmware built on the popular OpenBMC distribution. Both are fully compatible with the DMTF Redfish API, creating a standardized, vendor-neutral way to manage large-scale server clusters. This open and transparent approach to firmware enhances security through community-driven code review and gives operators greater control over their hardware for long-term sustainability.

Powering Next-Generation Performance

Underpinning all these innovations is the raw power of the industry's latest processors. MiTAC's new servers are among the first to harness the capabilities of AMD's EPYC 9005 series CPUs. Built on the "Zen 5" architecture, these processors deliver a significant uplift in performance with up to 192 cores per socket, 12 channels of high-speed DDR5-6400 memory, and extensive PCIe Gen 5 I/O. This makes them exceptionally well-suited for the parallel processing demands of AI model training and large-scale data analytics.

MiTAC is also showcasing its support for Intel's latest innovations with the MiTAC R2520G6, a versatile 2U dual-socket enterprise server. This system is equipped with the new Intel® Xeon® 6 processors, offering customers the choice between Performance-cores (P-cores) for compute-intensive tasks and high-density Efficient-cores (E-cores) for cloud-scale workloads. The R2520G6 supports up to 32 DDR5-6400 RDIMMs for a massive memory footprint and features scalable NVMe U.2 storage with up to 24 drives. While designed for enterprise use, it incorporates an OCP-style modular architecture for networking and management, bringing hyperscale flexibility and consistency to corporate data centers.

To ensure these powerful systems are deployment-ready, MiTAC is also highlighting its strategic collaboration with Murata, a global leader in advanced power solutions. By integrating Murata's high-efficiency power components into its OCP servers, MiTAC enhances the overall reliability and energy efficiency of its platforms, delivering a fully validated and robust solution for mission-critical operations. This ecosystem approach demonstrates a focus not just on individual components, but on delivering complete, rack-scale systems that are ready to tackle the challenges of modern computing. The combination of advanced cooling, open standards, and leading-edge processing power on display in Barcelona illustrates a clear vision for the future of the data center.