A new report by DIGITIMES highlights significant growth in global server liquid cooling technology patents since 2015. The report lists the top 20 patent holders in the server liquid cooling technology sector, with four Taiwanese companies making the list. Inventec ranks fourth worldwide, securing the top position among Taiwanese firms.
Other Taiwanese companies featured include AVC at seventh place, Foxconn at twelfth, and Cooler Master at thirteenth. This further underscores Taiwan's overall R&D momentum and international competitiveness in critical server technologies.
With accelerated AI development and digital transformation, data centers face ever-increasing computational demands alongside stringent energy efficiency and sustainability goals. Liquid cooling technology, known for its high-efficiency heat dissipation and carbon reduction capabilities, is gradually replacing traditional air-cooling solutions, becoming a core element in next-generation data center infrastructure upgrades.
DIGITIMES statistics show that through indicators such as patent novelty and innovation intensity, the research and patent activities of the top 20 patent holders in server liquid cooling technology were analyzed to categorize them as innovation leaders, steady innovators, stable deployers, or emerging potentials in this field.
Both Inventec and AVC fall into the dual-high category, characterized by high innovation intensity and high patent novelty. This indicates these companies possess novel technologies in server liquid cooling and actively expand their patent portfolios. Inventec leads in the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of patent portfolio size within this dual-high zone, reflecting steady and continuous innovation in server liquid cooling technology.
Article edited by Jack Wu
