New York, USA, Oct. 27, 2025- Salute has launched a full-service offering to manage and operate Direct-to-Chip (DTC) liquid cooling systems for AI and high-performance computing facilities, positioning the company as a specialist partner for operators moving to high-density liquid cooling.
The service, unveiled at NVIDIA’s GTC Washington DC event, aims to give data centre operators a ready-made operational model for the more complex risks that come with routing coolant to processors, things like temperature spikes from momentary interruptions, leak exposure around electrical equipment, and the chemistry and CDU (coolant distribution unit) management that DTC requires.
Salute says the package includes detailed design and operational assessments tailored to each site, commissioning support to ensure as-built systems operate reliably, a continuously updated best-practice library developed with CDU and chemistry vendors and hyperscalers, and field-tested EOPs/MOPs/SOPs for chemistry management, leak detection, safety protocols, and risk mitigation. The company also offers a world-class training program, on-site, e-learning, and lab certification, and rapid staffing solutions to scale operations teams quickly.
Company leaders framed the product as a practical answer to a clear operational gap.
“Salute has achieved a long list of industry firsts that have made us an indispensable partner for 80% of companies in the data centre industry. This first-of-its-kind DTC liquid cooling service is a major new milestone for our industry that solves complex operational challenges for every company making major investments in AI/HPC,” said Erich Sanchack, CEO of Salute.
John Shultz, Salute’s Chief Product Officer for AI, added that the service is already enabling early partners to scale rapidly, and the company has published estimates of the capacity it expects to support in the near term.
Salute named several early adopters and partners, Applied Digital, Compass Datacenters, and SDC, each of which provided attributed comments praising the operational model and risk reduction that the service promises. Laura Laltrello, COO of Applied Digital, and Sudhir Kalra at Compass Datacenters both described the operational change as essential for high-density liquid environments.
The announcement arrives as an industry push toward liquid cooling accelerates to handle rising rack power densities driven by large AI accelerators; trade coverage and the company release emphasize that the technical benefit of DTC must be matched by rigorous operational controls to protect expensive compute assets and service availability.
For operators evaluating DTC deployments, Salute’s offering is pitched as a turnkey way to adopt the technology without reinventing operational playbooks, a commercial service that combines training, commissioning, and ongoing operational governance designed specifically for liquid-cooled AI workloads.
