Key Features
Pure Thermal Precision for Critical Infrastructure
The C2C-LBK-500 is designed for the heavy lifting of AI data center commissioning. It provides a massive, controllable heat load to stress test your facility’s liquid infrastructure without the risk of using live IT equipment.
Zero Contamination Architecture
All wetted components, including load elements, piping, sensors, and valves, are 100 percent stainless steel. This ensures your facility’s sensitive piping remains free of rust and contaminants during testing.
Massive Thermal Capacity
A single unit delivers 500 kW of resistive load. By networking multiple units via Modbus TCP333, you can simulate multi-megawatt heat loads to validate large-scale chillers and dry coolers.
Intelligent Loop Monitoring
This is more than just a heater; it is a diagnostic tool. The built-in 10 inch HMI and PLC system provide real-time monitoring of flow rates, temperature differentials (Δt), and system pressure.
Universal Compatibility
Designed to work with fresh water, chilled water, glycol mixtures, and mineral oils, 500 kW Liquid Cooled Load Bank adapts to your specific cooling medium whether you are testing a DLC primary loop or a facility water loop.
Integrated 500 kW Liquid Unit vs. Separate Air + Traditional Systems
Which is option is the best choice? Commissioning agents prefer the integrated 500 kW liquid-cooled solution over using separate air-cooled units and industrial boilers due to its precision and smaller footprint.
Feature
500 kW Liquid-Cooled Load Bank
Air-Cooled + Industrial Boiler
Simulation Accuracy
High: Mirrors the exact thermal dynamics of liquid-cooled servers.
Low: Air units don’t touch the liquid loop; boilers are hard to control.
Footprint/Size
Compact: Designed to fit through standard data hall doors (< 1000kg).
Bulky: Boilers can be 20ft long and weigh up to 11 tonnes.
Material Integrity
Stainless Steel: Prevents coolant contamination and rust.
Carbon Steel: High risk of introducing rust into sensitive cooling lines.
Control Precision
Precise: Offers 5 kW load step resolution for granular testing.
Manual: Hard to synchronize thermal output with electrical load steps.
Dual Testing
Simultaneous: Tests the UPS/electrical and cooling systems at once.
Segmented: Requires separate phases for electrical and thermal validation.
Additional Important Features
Direct to Chip Simulation
These units connect directly to the facility’s Coolant Distribution Unit or secondary cooling loop, accurately replicating the heat dissipation of GPUs such as the NVIDIA Blackwell series.
High Power Density
AI racks are exceeding the capacity of standard 100 to 250 kW units. A single 500kW Liquid Cooled Load Bank can stress test the cooling and power infrastructure of an entire high-density rack.
Scalable Architecture
Up to 200 units can be networked together, allowing commissioning agents to simulate the massive thermal load of a full AI data hall of 100 MW or more from a single control point.
Why Rent this Liquid Cooled Load Bank?
Heavy Infrastructure Without the Heavy Lift
The C2C-LBK-500 is an industrial-grade asset. While essential for commissioning, ownership brings significant logistical and financial burdens that rental eliminates.
The 500kW Liquid Cooled Load Bank arrives and all the accessories where you need it, when you need it, and leaves when testing is done.
The Maintenance Nightmare
Liquid cooled load banks are wet systems, and ownership means taking responsibility for their chemistry and condition. If units are not fully drained, dried, and stored correctly, internal loops can develop algae, scale, or corrosion during periods of downtime.
Storage in unconditioned warehouses also introduces freeze risk, which can lead to damaged piping and heating elements.
With a rental approach, all flushing, chemical treatment, maintenance, and climate controlled storage are handled for you, so you receive a clean, calibrated unit every time.
Capital Efficiency
During Level 4 and Level 5 commissioning, most projects only require between 500 kW and 5 MW of dummy load for a limited period of time.
Renting converts what would be a large capital purchase into a project-specific operating expense, avoiding equipment that sits idle most of the year.
Rental also provides the flexibility to scale testing capacity up or down as needed, whether one project requires 2 MW and the next only 500 kW, without the need to invest in additional hardware.
Specifications
Manufacturer
Deep Cool AI
Input Voltage
415VAC / 3Ph / 60Hz
Medium
Chilled Water / Glycol
Fluid Volume
90 Gallons
Design Pressure
75 PSI
Supply & Return Liquid Interface
4 ” flange and butterfly valve
Power / Number of Phases
500KW at 415V AC / 3 ph / 60Hz
Power Connections (Input/Output)
Cam-lock pannel including 2 x 400 A cam-locks per phase, 1 400 cam-lock Null Line
Wetted Area Materials
All wetted componets are stainless steel, including load elements, load cells, piping, wetted sensors and valves.
Group Control
Network control capable of multiple units
System Protection
Sensors, Alarm and shutdown for the following points: High water temperature, Low coolant flow, High coolant pressure, Sensor fault, Low coolant and, Leakage Alarm.
Flow Rate Range
53 GPM to 264 GPM
Dimensions
Height: 5.0′ | Width: 4.0′ | Length: 6.5′ | Weight: 2,139 lbs / 2,695 lbs
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