EIA 42U–52U · ORv3
Industries we serve
Direct liquid cooling, one value chain, five buying positions.
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The chassis this chain sits on
Value · what it measures · where it comes from
$257M
Liquid-cooling rack manifold market. QYResearch basis. industry-published benchmark
42.85%
Share of liquid cooling taken by direct-to-chip, the largest single route. industry-published benchmark
$3.33B
Direct-to-chip cooling market. MarketsandMarkets basis. industry-published benchmark
$743M → $2.15B
2025 → 2035 at a CAGR of 11.3%. industry-published benchmark
Two research houses, one direction of travel
Figures are quoted as published; they are not our measurements
Five positions, one direction
Every link buys against the one after it
Position 01
Owners / colocation
kW per rack · PUE limits · retrofit cost
Position 02
CDU & liquid cooling OEMs
spec test gate · second-source interchange · fluid compatibility file
Position 03
Server & rack integrators
blind-mate tolerance · pressure-bearing hot swap · flow budget
Facility operators
phased retrofit · work with tenants in place · long-lead items
Service & maintenance
fluid chemistry · cycle-rated spares · shelf window
These are the parts that move along that path: four size pairs, all natural stainless, ordered by bore.
How far along the market is
Data centres already running liquid cooling. industry-published benchmark
Still on the drawing board, the design-in window is open. industry-published benchmark
Adoption is early majority. Specifications written now are still being written for the first time.
Which link are you buying for?
~42.85% direct-to-chip route share frames all six · industry-published benchmark
The component base under all six
Every position above buys the same two families: UQD panel-mount couplings and UQDB blind-mate couplings, with rack manifolds in EIA 42U–52U or the ORv3 rack standard. Port pitch and interface size are what change between links; the interface standard does not. designed to the OCP UQD/UQDB specification
Segment spec pack
Which link of the chain are you buying for?
Say which position you sit in and we return the pack for it: drawings, test plan and a one-page spec sheet. With 36% of data centres still at the planning stage, most of these interfaces are being specified for the first time.
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