Chatsworth Products has been recognized by CIOReview Magazine as the recipient of “Top 20 IT Infrastructure Solution Companies - 2016,” based on our proprietary methodology, reflecting its position in the industry. This profile has been developed by the CIOReview research and editorial team based on insights from an interview with Michael Custer, CEO.

Chatsworth Products
Built-to-order IT Infrastructure

Michael Custer, CEO

As organizations worldwide rush towards adopting virtualization and cloud storage systems, the need for supporting IT infrastructure is reaching its pinnacle. With network switches and dense blade servers pushing the thermal envelope to an extreme scenario, IT and facility managers are struggling to keep up with the increasing energy costs. A holistic approach is needed to lessen this budgetary strain while maintaining a facility which can enhance equipment, business and operations. Chatsworth Products (CPI) offers flexible cabinet solutions and power monitoring strategies that can reduce cooling energy consumption by up to 90 percent. “The unique combination of exceptional quality, solutions and services helps our clients achieve their data center objectives,” begins Michael Custer, CEO of CPI. Being a practitioner of a unique form of mass-customization—CPI has been developing core competency in build-to-order manufacturing set-up. “We discovered ways to help distribution avoid holding big, expensive enclosures by building only when the customer needed it, and no sooner,” adds Custer.

CPI was formulated to focus on the explosive needs of IT infrastructure equipment and today is one of the global suppliers of integrated solutions that optimize information and communications technology (ICT) equipment. Long before the Cloud, multi-tenant data center operators started buying CPI MegaFrame® server and collocation cabinets leading to the introduction of infinitely configurable TeraFrame® cabinet system. Armed with new CPI Passive Cooling® solutions, the cabinet system disrupts previous notions of thermal management in datacenters by delivering 20+ kW of cooling per server cabinet without the use of energy-consuming active cooling systems.

In order to streamline their datacenter design and operations, Scripps Networks, a media firm whose brands include HGTV, Food Network, DIY Network, Cooking Channel, Travel Channel and Great American Country, partnered with CPI for their energy efficient products. CPI assisted the client with passive cooling solutions, which featured F-Series TeraFrame Cabinet Systems with vertical exhaust ducts to help segregate air in a modular and efficient way. Scripps Networks’ data center is now operating with complete hot and cold air isolation and zero hot spots.

We discovered ways to help distribution avoid holding big, expensive enclosures by building only when the customer needed it and no sooner

With more than 92,000 products, the company’s product range includes an extensive line of power management products and technology that deliver reliable and efficient power distribution to all applications. Ranging from the innovative features of eConnect® Power Distribution Units (PDUs), to basic Power Strips and In-Line Meters, each of CPI’s power management products are specifically designed with flexibility and scalability in mind. eConnect PDUs are advanced with high ambient temperature ratings, optional Click Secure Locking Outlets to prevent accidental disconnections and offers detailed monitoring and control down to the outlet level. “eConnect PDU’s are designed to operate with full reliability in the higher temperature environments that provide tremendous energy savings for datacenter operators,” adds Custer.

The company’s application engineering team is a key contributor towards their innovation process. The team’s custom engineered solutions often become front running designs for standard products found in CPI’s catalog. “What our client’s see as our business model output are customer-led solutions, not vendor-led—we do not waste the customer’s time convincing them to buy already built structures,” explains Custer. “We listen and then build them what they want–when they want it.”

In addition to the U.S., CPI has sales offices in Latin America, Canada, China, Singapore, the UAE and the UK catering towards developing products tailored to that region. “Completing 25 years as an employee owned company, we will continue the success for the years to come–not by taking on individual personas-but by an unwavering team commitment,” concludes Custer.

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Chatsworth Products to Exhibit Integrated Cabinet Solution for Direct-on-Chip Dielectric Liquid Cooling at Data Center World 2023

Friday, June 02, 2023

SIMI VALLEY, Calif-- Chatsworth Products (CPI), a leading, global manufacturer of products and solutions that power and protect its customers' ever-growing investment in information and communications technology (ICT), will attend and exhibit a full array of data center infrastructure solutions at the AFCOM 2023 Data Center World Conference in Austin, TX, May 8-11, 2023.

Among the products on display in CPI booth 805 will be the company's flagship data center cabinet solution, the ZetaFrame™ Cabinet System, specially outfitted with a dielectric liquid cooling solution from ZutaCore®, whose HyperCool® solution uses a two-phase, waterless, direct-on-chip method of removing heat away from the processors. As workloads cause the processors to heat, the dielectric liquid absorbs the heat causing the liquid to boil and vaporize. The state change from a liquid to a gas is a highly efficient mechanism to remove the heat, which is then expelled outside of the data center or used via heat re-use applications enabling zero emissions.

Such advancements will help usher in a more sustainable and environmentally-friendly technology infrastructure.

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This innovative proof-of-concept hardware demonstration comes at a time when emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are driving increased need for more energy efficient methods of cooling and power consumption. Across the data center industry, such advancements are poised to help usher in a more sustainable, environmentally-friendly and carbon neutral technology infrastructure.

The hardware integration, made possible by ZetaFrame's industry-leading 4,000 lb. dynamic load rating for an interior payload, supports a fully integrated rack containing ZutaCore components and enables secure transport of a loaded rack and cooling system when used in conjunction with a shock pallet. These components include the ZutaCore HyperCool manifold that easily mounts to CPI's dual vertical power distribution unit (PDU) bracket using button mount features and a heavy-duty shelf support with transportation tie-down brackets for the ZutaCore HyperCool heat rejection unit (HRU). The unique setup also allows for easy integration of CPI's popular, eConnect® Power Distribution Units (PDUs), standard ZetaFrame cable management and airflow management accessories.

"We're excited to share this new technology capability with Data Center World attendees," says CPI's Director of Product Management and Hyperscale Business Development, Todd Schneider. "Not only does it demonstrate CPI's expertise for designing solutions that scale to support today's most modern liquid cooling technologies, but it also confirms the high degree of configurability and strength that makes ZetaFrame an ideal choice for integrators looking to ship and deploy complete solutions."

Additionally, CPI's presence at this year's Data Center World will be further amplified as a participating technology sponsor in a specially billed "Rack and Stack Competition." The special session, happening Tuesday, May 9 in the conference expo hall, will host a bracket-style championship to determine who is the best and fastest "Racker and Stacker" when it comes to dressing a fully-configured and functional data center stack.

Data Center World attendees are invited to visit CPI's booth 805 to meet and speak with CPI experts, take in a first-hand account of the innovative ZetaFrame/integrated dielectric liquid cooling solution on display, and learn more about the company's complete technology infrastructure ecosystem, which also includes:

• eConnect® PDUs offering intelligent power management, monitoring and control

• Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) battery backup to ensure IT uptime and reliability

• Adjustable Cable Runway to create a flexible pathway for network cabling

• CUBE-iT® Wall-Mount Cabinets to protect sensitive electronic equipment in tight spaces

More information on attending Data Center World can be found here, while more information about CPI's ZetaFrame Cabinet System and complete technology infrastructure solutions can be found at chatsworth.com.

Chatsworth Products and ZutaCore® Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop Advanced Cabinet-Integrated Liquid Cooling for Improved Data Center Efficiency

Tuesday, July 04, 2023

SIMI VALLEY - Chatsworth Products (CPI), a leading global manufacturer of products and solutions that power and protect its customers' ever-growing investment in information and communications technology (ICT), is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with ZutaCore®, a provider of direct-on-chip dielectric liquid cooling technology that efficiently absorbs heat away from high-powered processors. Data center owners and operators will have the opportunity to achieve substantial data center energy efficiency through emerging liquid cooling technology fully integrated with CPI's leading data cent20er cabinet solutions.

Prominent hyperscale companies, including Google, Meta, AWS, and Microsoft, are adopting liquid cooling technology for their data center infrastructure. This strategic shift is driven by their commitment to sustainability and their recognition of the increasing power demands of deep learning processors in an AI-driven future. Consequently, the global data center liquid cooling market is anticipated to experience substantial growth, projected to reach $8.46 billion by 2027, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.4%, starting from $3.42 billion in 2023.

The partnership between CPI (Cooling Products International) and ZutaCore aims to establish a collaborative platform for developing an integrated liquid cooling solution that delivers reliable environmental control for data centers. This solution plays a crucial role in reducing energy consumption, water usage, waste generation, and carbon emissions.

ZutaCore's HyperCool® solution is a waterless, two-phase, direct-on-chip dielectric liquid cooling system. It efficiently absorbs and vaporizes heat, which can then be expelled outside the data center or repurposed for zero emissions. CPI is currently conducting validation tests to integrate ZutaCore components into its flagship data center cabinet solution, the ZetaFrame™ Cabinet System. With an impressive dynamic load rating of 4,000 lbs., the ZetaFrame easily supports racks equipped with the integrated liquid cooling system, especially when used with a shock pallet. Both companies are also collaborating on software integration to enhance the end-user experience, leveraging CPI's widely used eConnect® Power Distribution Units (PDUs).

"We are thrilled to partner with CPI and collaborate on the development of integrated solutions that will facilitate the adoption of liquid cooling and allow data centers to overcome increasing heat barriers in high-performance processing environments," said Udi Paret, President, ZutaCore. "Together, we can deliver an innovative, complete cabinet cooling system for data center operators to achieve net zero emissions." "Our collaboration with ZutaCore demonstrates CPI's ongoing commitment to improving and promoting sound environmental practices while enhancing our existing ecosystem," stated Ted Behrens, Executive Vice President of Product Management, Chatsworth Products. "The integration of advanced liquid cooling with our highly engineered ZetaFrame data center cabinet platform is just the beginning of innovation that will scale liquid cooling deployments necessary for data centers to meet sustainability goals while they take on the AI revolution."

Top 20 IT Infrastructure Solution Companies - 2016

Company
Chatsworth Products

Management
Michael Custer, CEO

Description
Addressing today’s critical IT infrastructure needs with products and services that protect the ever-growing investment in information and communication technology

Chatsworth Products Built-to-order IT Infrastructure