Earlier this morning, HighPoint announced that its SSD7540 RAID Add-In-Card (AIC) is qualified for use with LiquidCool Solutions' immersion-cooled rack servers (and immersion-cooled server platforms in general). For those unfamiliar, immersion cooling is a version of liquid cooling where the entire PC (or most of it) is submerged in a non-conductive liquid, typically mineral oil, for stylish aesthetics, more efficient cooling, or both. In the data center space, where you often stack the equivalent of several fully-decked systems on top of each other, immersion cooling becomes a pretty viable solution for cooling servers.
While this is a definite win for HighPoint, considering the market its technology targets, we should note that immersion cooling typically works with most hardware without any real issue. Building and maintaining a PC using immersion cooling can be prohibitively expensive, particularly at home. However, as long as the liquid is non-conductive, your hardware shouldn't have any issues inside of it— though you'll get the best results removing fans since they are designed to push air instead of liquid.
