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TCS · Technology Cooling System

The secondary liquid loop that carries heat from IT equipment to the CDU; the facility loop rejects that heat onward to the outside world.

Current numbers

132 kW nominal TDP: 115 kW liquid + 17 kW airGB200 NVL72 named profile: ~115 kW liquid plus ~17 kW residual air; both the TCS and room-air duties must close at supported conditionsas of 2025 · register ↗
~50-micronfull-flow TCS filtration (~50-micron typical); separate side-stream polishing can be sub-micron (for example 0.2-micron on premium units)as of 2025 · register ↗
~7.5–12 °Ctarget coolant delta-T across the TCS; cold-plate pressure drop ~20–55 kPa depending on plate and flow (no vendor-published NVL72 figure)as of 2025 · register ↗

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