UNICOM and GRC Launch Turnkey Immersion Cooling to Tame AI's Heat

CANTON, Mass. – March 10, 2026 – As artificial intelligence and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads intensify, the technology industry is grappling with an escalating challenge: heat. In response, UNICOM Engineering and GRC (Green Revolution Cooling) today announced an expanded collaboration to deliver fully integrated, immersion-cooled solutions designed to simplify the deployment of high-density computing from the data center to the factory floor.

The partnership combines UNICOM Engineering's immersion-optimized server platforms with GRC’s patented single-phase immersion cooling systems, offering a turnkey solution that promises to accelerate the adoption of AI infrastructure by removing significant technical and logistical hurdles.

The Inevitable Shift to Liquid

The announcement arrives as the data center industry reaches a critical inflection point. Traditional air-cooling methods are proving increasingly insufficient and inefficient for managing the thermal output of modern GPUs and CPUs running complex AI models. This performance bottleneck has ignited a surge of interest in liquid cooling, with the immersion cooling market projected to grow at a compound annual rate of over 23% through 2030, according to multiple market research reports.

Immersion cooling, which submerges server components in a non-conductive dielectric fluid, is vastly more effective than air, as liquids can transfer heat up to 1,200 times more efficiently. This method not only prevents performance-throttling hotspots but also dramatically reduces energy consumption. Data centers adopting immersion cooling have reported reductions in cooling-related energy costs by as much as 50%, significantly improving Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and lowering their overall carbon footprint. Furthermore, the stable thermal environment can extend hardware lifespan by up to 30% by protecting components from dust, humidity, and vibration—common culprits of failure in air-cooled systems.

A Turnkey Solution for a Complex Problem

While the benefits are clear, adopting immersion cooling has traditionally been a complex, bespoke process fraught with integration challenges. The new collaboration between UNICOM Engineering and GRC is designed to eliminate this friction. By providing a pre-validated, production-ready system, the companies aim to de-risk the transition for organizations eager to leverage next-generation computing.

"Together with GRC, we’ve created a solutions approach that removes the friction customers typically face when evaluating or deploying immersion cooling," said Rusty Cone, General Manager of UNICOM Engineering. "Whether customers are standing up a GPU as a Service environment, deploying dense compute at scale, or operating Industrial Data Centers across factory floors and remote depots, our joint solutions arrive fully integrated, fully tested, and purpose-built for immersion. This dramatically accelerates their ability to adopt and deploy AI infrastructure anywhere.”

The collaboration builds on four years of joint testing and validation. GRC's single-phase technology, which holds over 70% of the market share, is favored for its operational simplicity and lower maintenance compared to more complex two-phase systems. It eliminates the need for expensive and energy-intensive chillers, CRACs, and air handlers, allowing for far greater server density—up to ten times more in some cases—within the same physical footprint.

"Our collaboration with UNICOM Engineering expands access to immersion-cooled architectures by providing a complete, turnkey solution," stated Peter Poulin, CEO of GRC. "Customers gain a fully engineered, tested, and supported system with integrated cooling to help them accelerate AI initiatives with confidence.”

To further this integration, the companies announced that GRC’s water-free ICEraQ® Nano immersion cooling system will be deployed in UNICOM Engineering’s Plano, Texas lab and manufacturing center, facilitating co-development and customer demonstrations.

Unleashing AI at the Untamed Edge

Perhaps the most transformative aspect of this partnership is its focus on extending high-performance AI to the network edge. Edge computing—processing data locally rather than in a centralized cloud—is critical for applications requiring real-time responses, such as industrial automation, video analytics, and 5G telecommunications.

However, edge environments are often harsh, space-constrained, and lack the climate-controlled infrastructure of a traditional data center. This is where compact, ruggedized immersion cooling solutions become indispensable. The integrated offering from UNICOM and GRC, featuring systems like the ICEraQ® Nano, enables the deployment of powerful GPU clusters in locations previously considered impossible: inside telecom closets, on factory production lines, and within remote logistics depots.

This capability unlocks a new frontier of applications. In manufacturing, edge AI can perform real-time quality control and predictive maintenance on machinery. In retail, it can power sophisticated inventory and customer behavior analytics. For telecommunications, it provides the low-latency processing power needed to support next-generation 5G services. By protecting sensitive, high-performance electronics from heat, dust, and moisture, the solution ensures reliability and peak performance in the most challenging operational settings, enabling a new wave of distributed intelligence.