Legacy cooling is hitting a wall. Icebox Energy is built from the outside-in to handle the next wave of AI infrastructure—efficient, water-free, and ready to scale.
Icebox Energy’s End-to-End
Cooling Platform
Icebox Energy is a next-generation cooling platform built around a high-efficiency, purpose-built CO₂ heat pump. Designed to meet the demands of modern data centers — including AI, HPC, and ultra-dense workloads.
Outside-In
Architecture
Icebox Energy flips the conventional cooling model. Instead of beginning at the chip and working outward, we start at the mechanical yard — with a centralized CO₂-based heat pump — and bring cold in with precision. This shift unlocks performance, efficiency, and flexibility.
What this enables
Support for extreme rack power densities exceeding 500kw/rack
Seamless pairing with liquid and air-based cooling loops
High system efficiency and reduced capital expenditures operating costs
Wide temperature flexibility, with inlet coolant temperature from 15C to 60C
Deployment flexibility for both retrofits and greenfield builds
Why CO₂ and Why Now
CO₂ (R-744) isn’t new — but how we use it is. As a refrigerant, it offers unmatched thermodynamic performance, ultra-low environmental impact, and unbeatable cost stability.
Our platform
Thermal performance
High heat transfer and volumetric capacity for dense cooling in compact form
Regulatory Certainty
No risk of phase-out, no toxic byproducts like TFA
Cost Advantage
More than 50x cheaper than HFOs, with savings that scale over time
Resilience
Potential for on-site generation and closed-loop refrigerant supply
Our proprietary system
We’ve eliminated the limitations that once constrained CO₂ — making it viable and competitive in warm climates and high-load environments.
Designed for
Practical Integration
Icebox was built for real-world deployment. It works with chilled water loops, RDHx, and CDU-based systems, while enabling a smooth transition to fully optimized configurations over time. No complex overhauls. No stranded assets. Just radically better cooling — deployed on operator-defined terms.
Integration
Simple to adopt & easy to maintain
Fewer, more compact parts
Easy to Scale
Fully compatible with legacy and nex-gen infrastructure