Standards & Affiliations
OCP-Aligned Liquid Cooling Practices
As an OCP Community Member, Shield, by Guardian, supports liquid cooling infrastructure services aligned with open, scalable, and interoperable data center standards.
OCP-Aligned Liquid Cooling Practices
Our liquid cooling services are informed by OCP guidance across cold plates, coolant distribution units, immersion cooling, rear door heat exchangers, heat reuse, and liquid cooling hardware management. This helps data center operators reduce integration risk, improve consistency, and prepare infrastructure for high-density AI and HPC environments.
- OCP-informed liquid cooling deployment and support
- Alignment with open infrastructure principles
- Support for high-density AI and HPC environments
- Focus on interoperability, serviceability, and operational continuity
- Field execution for active, mission-critical facilities
Standards & Affiliations
Aligned Liquid Cooling Practices
Aligned with open, scalable, and interoperable data center standards.
Liquid Cooling Practices
Our services follow industry-aligned liquid cooling standards and operational practices, supporting reliable deployments and infrastructure readiness for high-density AI and HPC environments.
Capabilities
• OCP-aligned deployment and support
• Interoperability and serviceability focus
• AI and HPC readiness
• Consistent execution across architectures
• Field delivery in mission-critical environments
Laboratory Standards & ASTM Alignment
Shield partners with the highest international standard for testing laboratories, delivering some of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. Every ASTM method is performed under accredited scope, with results published to your secure portal.
OEM Compatibility
Built to integrate with leading liquid cooling platforms.
Shield services are designed to operate across major OEM environments, supporting seamless integration with existing
infrastructure.
Vertiv | Schneider | Eaton | CoolIT | Asetek | nVent
How It Works
How Shield Services Work
Shield operates 30 mobile laboratories staffed by certified data center coolant technicians, capable of operating independently within Tier IV environments. Our full-time technician network supports more than 20 major data center metros across the U.S.
Certified Laboratory Accredited Analysis
Shield partners with the highest international standard for testing laboratories, delivering some of the fastest turnaround times in the industry. Every ASTM method is performed under accredited scope, with results published to your secure portal.
ISO/IEC 17025
2017 Accredited
The highest international standard for testing and calibration laboratories. Accreditation means independent audit of testing methods, equipment calibration, analyst competency, and result traceability — giving operators defensible, analytically valid fluid chemistry data.
✓Independently Audited & Verified
National Coverage
& Rapid Response
Our laboratory partner is positioned at the geographic center of the US logistics network providing access to 80% of US data center markets within one business day by overnight carrier. Samples from any major data center geography arrive within the same freight window, delivering consistent turnaround regardless of site location.
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