Precision Thermal Engineering

Conducting the future of data.

Aetheric Thermal manufactures high-performance copper cold plates engineered for the thermal demands of data center CPUs and GPUs. Precision-milled. Friction-stir welded. Leak-tested to exacting standards.

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Cu
Pure Copper Construction
12
Production Stages
10−9
Leak Rate (mbar·l/s)
FSW
Friction-Stir Welded

From raw copper to verified performance

Every cold plate passes through a rigorous four-stage manufacturing pipeline — from precision milling and skiving to solid-state joining, decontamination, and multi-layered leak validation. No shortcuts. No compromises.

I Stage One Material Transformation
  • Primary MillingHAAS VF4SS
  • Fin SkivingLori Thermal 7016
II Stage Two Decontamination
  • Ultrasonic WashCrest CP1100D
  • DI Water RinseMSE PRO DI Filtration
  • Precision DryingCole-Parmer OVF-400-16
III Stage Three Solid-State Joining
  • Friction-Stir WeldingBond PM2 FSW
IV Stage Four Validation & Testing
  • Structural Proof TestingRice Hydro HP-7/10 Pump
  • Vacuum PreparationPCU Tracer Gas Stand
  • Nitrogen PurgingNitrogen Clean Air System
  • Critical Leak DetectionPfeiffer ASM 390
  • Helium SniffingMSE-PRO Sniffer Probe

Engineered for every thermal challenge

High-Density GPU
GPU Liquid Cooling Plates
Purpose-built for accelerator cards running at extreme power densities. Compatible with major GPU form factors used in AI training and inference clusters. Skived copper fin arrays maximize surface area for maximum heat rejection.
TDP RangeUp to 700W+
Fin TypeSkived Copper
CoolantWater / Glycol
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Server CPU
CPU Cold Plates
Optimized for server-class processors in 1U and 2U rack configurations. Low hydraulic resistance design maintains flow rates across multi-node manifold systems without sacrificing thermal performance.
TDP RangeUp to 400W
Config1U / 2U Rack
Flow ResistanceUltra-low ΔP
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Infrastructure
Data Center Rack Solutions
Scalable cold plate arrays for full-rack liquid cooling deployments. Designed to integrate with CDU-based infrastructure and rear-door heat exchangers for hyperscale and colocation facilities.
ScaleFull Rack
IntegrationCDU Compatible
DensityHyperscale Ready
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Standard Series
Standard Copper Cold Plates
Production-ready copper cold plates with standardized port configurations and form factors. Ideal for volume deployments where proven, off-the-shelf performance is required without custom tooling lead times.
Port ConfigG1/4" or 1/4" NPT
MOQContact us
Testing100% Leak Tested
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401
W/m·K Conductivity

Built for the frontier of compute

Aetheric Thermal was founded to solve one of the most demanding challenges in modern infrastructure: keeping high-density compute cool without compromise. As AI workloads push GPU and CPU power densities to new extremes, air cooling simply can't keep up.

We engineer copper cold plates using friction-stir welding — a solid-state joining process that produces stronger, cleaner bonds than brazing or soldering — ensuring structural integrity at full operating pressure and temperature cycles.

Every unit undergoes helium mass spectrometry leak testing to sub-nanoscale thresholds before it ships. Because in a data center, a single failure is not an option.

Friction-Stir Welded Helium Leak Tested CNC Precision Milled Data Center Ready Custom Geometries

From the Aetheric lab

AI
Industry February 2025
The Thermal Wall: How 1000W GPUs Are Forcing a Rethink of Data Center Cooling
Next-generation accelerators are pushing TDP past 1,000 watts per chip. Air cooling is no longer viable at these densities — and the liquid cooling industry is racing to keep up.
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Company January 2025
Aetheric Thermal Expands Leak Testing Capability with Pfeiffer ASM 390
We've added the Pfeiffer ASM 390 helium mass spectrometer leak detector to our validation lab — enabling us to certify cold plates to 10⁻⁹ mbar·l/s, the most stringent standard in the industry.
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Location
Manassas, Virginia
Lead Time
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