Company trialing fluid with NTT in Japan.
Chemicals firm Chemours has tapped an Indian fluorochemicals company to make its immersion cooling fluid.
Chemours this week announced a strategic agreement with Navin Fluorine to manufacture its Opteon two-phase immersion cooling fluid.
The company said the collaboration is part of Chemours' expanded Liquid Cooling Venture, established to address the cooling needs data centers and AI hardware. The partnership aims to help commercialize the company’s two-phase offering, beginning in 2026.
"The fact is, next-generation chips alone can’t deliver the AI boom; the computing and resource demands created by this technology require a new, integrated approach. Our deep expertise in cooling uniquely positions us to help bridge this gap,” said Denise Dignam, Chemours president and CEO. “Innovative liquid cooling solutions, like Opteon, can help significantly reduce data center total cost of ownership through decreased energy, water, space, maintenance, and capex demands, all while enabling next generation chip capability. Partnering with Navin Fluorine enables us to meet this critical market need.”
"Joining forces with Chemours to manufacture their new liquid cooling technology advances our mission to produce high-quality, innovative, and sustainable, high-growth-potential products in the specialty chemicals sector, while helping address a key industry challenge for data centers,” said Vishad Mafatlal, Navin Fluorine executive chairman. “We’re excited to see this project come to fruition and look forward to continuing to deepen our partnership to meet the needs of the broader industry.”
Chemours Opteon line includes two-phase direct-to-chip and immersion cooling liquids. Its Opteon unit also offers refrigerants for chillers.
Chemours first announced Opteon 2P50, a proprietary hydrofluoroolefin (HFO) dielectric fluid designed for two-phase immersion cooling systems, where the coolant is allowed to boil and recondense, back in August 2023. At the time, the company said it aimed to bring the fluid to market in 2025.
Chemours announced a product trial of Opteon 2P50 alongside NTT Data and engineering firm Hibiya Engineering in March 2025. In its announcement, Chemours linked to NTT’s November announcement to establish a liquid cooling field trial facility outside Tokyo, Japan.
Established in 1967, Navin Fluorine is part of the Padmanabh Mafatlal Group – one of India’s oldest industrial houses. The company has manufacturing locations at Surat and Dahej in Western India and Dewas in Central India.
