What the development involves
In microfluidic cooling, very small channels are etched directly into the silicon so that the coolant passes close to the parts of the chip where heat is generated (Microsoft, September 2025).
What benefits are documented
Microsoft reports up to three times better heat removal than cold plates and up to 65% lower maximum temperature rise in a GPU. The results come from laboratory tests.
What it could mean in Sweden
Relevance for projects being built today is low. The technology does show, however, that power per chip will continue to rise, and that facilities must be able to handle even denser IT loads in the future.
What needs to be investigated
Nothing at present. We are monitoring developments and how they may affect temperature and flow requirements in the facility's cooling system in the longer term.
