Staubli has expanded its US manufacturing capacity by opening a certified cleanroom facility in Duncan, South Carolina, dedicated to assembling quick-disconnect connectors for liquid cooling in data centers. The company says this move addresses increasing demand for high-reliability, zero-leak liquid cooling components as artificial intelligence (AI) workloads drive higher power densities in hyperscale and colocation environments.
According to Staubli, it was the first company in the data center industry to assemble quick-disconnect connectors in a certified cleanroom environment, directly mitigating the risk of contamination that can cause leaks or degrade performance in high-pressure liquid cooling circuits. The new US cleanroom supports multiple connector lines, including the UQD series, optimized for deployment in major data center facilities.
Localized production in South Carolina allows Staubli to serve North American original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), hyperscalers, and system integrators with reduced lead times and logistics costs while maintaining cleanroom assembly standards. The facility produces UQD and UQDB connectors, both of which remain listed on NVIDIA’s Recommended Vendor List, indicating they meet stringent Nvidia requirements for pressure handling and leak prevention in GPU liquid cooling applications.
Nicolas Monnier, Head of IT Cooling at Staubli, stated, “When we introduced cleanroom assembly to the data center industry, it was a commitment to reliability,” adding, “That same mindset drives our expansion in the US today. We’re giving customers local access to the same Swiss-engineered precision, zero-leak performance, and always-on support that define Staubli globally.”
Staubli will display its latest quick-disconnect technologies for high-density cooling at the SC25 Supercomputing Conference in November in St. Louis, at booth 1005.
Source: Staubli
