BOREALIS

Frequently asked questions

Borealis builds turnkey liquid-cooled AI data centers. Here is the short version of the questions buyers ask most.

What is Borealis?

Borealis, by AGT-USA, delivers turnkey liquid-cooled AI data centers: best-in-class liquid cooling paired with NVIDIA compute, from a single vendor. Its products are the Vega AIO, a self-contained data center in one unit, and Borealis Halo, a complete data hall delivered in modular wings.

How does Borealis cool high-density AI racks?

It cools at the rack with a closed liquid loop instead of cooling the room with air. Direct-to-chip cold plates and rear-door heat exchangers pull heat off the servers, a CDU pumps the isolated loop, a chiller makes the cold, and a rooftop air-cooled condenser rejects heat to outside air.

Why not just use air conditioning (CRAC) for AI racks?

A modern NVIDIA AI rack draws about 132 kW. A CRAC unit tops out near 100 kW and cannot cool even one such rack, and it derates further in heat. Liquid carries heat about 25 times better than air, which is why high-density AI needs liquid cooling.

How fast can a Borealis AI data center be deployed?

The self-contained Vega AIO runs in as little as a week on site. For Borealis Halo, the first wing is live in 14 days and a full 96-rack hall in 8 to 10 weeks, versus roughly 270 days for a conventional multi-vendor build.

How much can Borealis Halo scale?

Halo scales in wings. Each wing carries 829 kW of cooling for six NVL72-class racks. A full hall reaches 96 racks, 12.7 MW, and 6,912 GPUs.

What is the Vega AIO?

A self-contained AI data center in one in-line unit: three rack bays of NVIDIA compute, rear-door heat exchangers, a CDU, and an onboard chiller, carrying 500 kW, about five times the cooling density of a CRAC in the same footprint. Only the condenser line leaves the unit.

Does Borealis cooling work in hot climates like the Middle East?

Yes. Heat rejection is air-cooled and the loop is sealed, so it consumes no water, and it is rated to 50 C ambient. That suits hot, water-scarce regions including the Gulf, where evaporative cooling is a liability.

Does Borealis consume water?

No. Rejection is to outside air through a rooftop condenser, with no cooling tower and no evaporation. The coolant loop is sealed.

What compute does Borealis use?

NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 racks (72 GPUs plus 36 Grace CPUs, 132 kW per rack), NVIDIA DGX B300, and DGX racks, integrated and commissioned by one vendor.

Who builds Borealis?

AGT-USA Inc., a precision thermal engineering company in Corona, California, with 35+ years of industrial cooling heritage and thousands of systems deployed. Borealis is its AI data center brand.

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Borealis is turnkey liquid-cooled AI data centers from AGT-USA: best-in-class cooling, NVIDIA compute, one vendor.

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