Immersion Cooling Requirements

• Switching to immersion cooling for bitcoin miners requires additional equipment that can make start-up costs higher than when using a fan-based system.
• To use immersion cooling, individuals need immersion tanks, liquid coolant that is safe for the equipment, pumps and piping to circulate the coolant and a heat rejection system, such as dry coolers, to cool the heated coolant.
• Individuals can also purchase complete immersion cooling systems rather than assembling each component individually.

DCX Products

• The Universal ILC Crypto Mining Enclosure from DCX using single-phase immersion cooling with their proprietary fluid can decrease electricity costs by up to 30% and increase hashrate by up to 20%.
• The Universal ILC Crypto Mining Enclosure supports all mining hardware and is delivered pre-assembled and ready to use.
• This solution is also silent, eliminating noise pollution that can be problematic with fan-based cooling systems.
•  Pricing for the system is available upon request from the company.
• Other immersion cooling systems available from DCX include the Immersion Mobile Crypto Mining Unit and the ASIC Module for Crypto Miners.

GRC Cooling

• The HashTank from GRC Cooling comes in a 20- or 40-foot shipping container.
• The product takes 12 to 16 weeks after receipt of purchase order to ship and another 7 to 10 days to install one unit.
• Customers must provide the mining hardware, prepare the installation site, including laying a concrete slab, and get the required permits.
• The HashRaQ is a smaller unit that can cut cooling energy by up to 95%, reduce energy used by servers by 10 to 20% and decrease up-front costs by up to 50%.
•  Costs for these products are available upon request and are not listed on the website.
• GRC offers a savings calculator that lets you input information such as your local energy rates and number of servers to estimate your total savings.

Fan-Based Cooling

• Neither the GRC and DCX immersion cooling systems provide the bitcoin miners.
• Miners vary in cost. The AvalonMiner from Canaan costs between $1,032 and $1,978.
• Energy usage for these units also varies. For example, the AvalonMiner 1166 has a power consumption rate of 3196W. The AvalonMiner 1066 has a power consumption of 3120W.