Korean firms S-Oil and Global Standard Technology (GST) have teamed up on a new immersion cooling solution for data centers.

Petrochemical firm S-Oil has developed a cooling fluid, which will be used in immersion cooling equipment produced by GST.

The two firms will test their solution at the Sungkyunkwan University Supercomputing Center in Seoul, which hosts a GPU cluster.

"Through thermal management solutions centered on immersion cooling fluid, we will contribute to improving energy efficiency in the data center industry," an S-Oil spokesperson said. "We will continue to lead the next-generation thermal management market through collaboration with various partners."

While this appears to be S-Oil’s first venture into data center cooling fluid, many petrochemical firms, including HF Sinclair, Shell, Castrol, ExxonMobil, ENEOS, Gulf Oil, Petronas, Perstorp, and SK Enmove, have brought such fluids to market in recent years.

Other companies jumping on the liquid cooling bandwagon include US food giant Cargill and chemical firm Chemours.

GST manufactures a range of cooling products, offering both traditional HVAC and liquid cooling options for its clients.