A Cold Plate is a metal heat-transfer block, usually copper or aluminum, mounted on a processor or accelerator with internal channels through which liquid coolant flows to carry heat away. In data centers cold plates are the core component of direct-to-chip liquid cooling, enabling dense GPU and CPU deployments. Their design governs thermal resistance and pressure drop.
Category: Cooling & Environmental Control · Subcategory: Liquid Cooling · Part of the AIDC Technical Terminology reference.