From Lubricants to Liquid Cooling: Why Castrol is Evolving

Datacentremagazine · May 11, 2026 · 647 words · By Ben Craske

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What to know about From Lubricants to Liquid Cooling: Why Castrol is Evolving

The article discusses Castrol's expansion into the data center liquid cooling market through its Castrol ON platform. It details the company's product offerings, partnerships, and the role of AI-driven thermal demands in driving this strategic shift.

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What happened

From Lubricants to Liquid Cooling: Why Castrol is Evolving Castrol has been a name synonymous with engine lubricants for well over a century.

Why it matters

But as the data centre industry accelerates its transition to liquid cooling – driven by the thermal demands of AI workloads – the company is repositioning a core engineering competency for a new industrial frontier.

Common ground

Through its Castrol ON platform, the company is making a deliberate push into data centre thermal management, where its expertise in fluid performance under high-heat, high-stress conditions translates directly into the cooling challenges now facing…

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: From Lubricants to Liquid Cooling: Why Castrol is Evolving?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The company has entered a partnership with a hardware provider to strengthen its capability in equipment such as loadbanks?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The company has entered a partnership with a hardware provider to strengthen its capability in equipment such as loadbanks”

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The evidence mentions a partnership with LION Smart for battery modules, and mentions Crestchic as a loadbank manufacturer, but there is no evidence of a partnership between Castrol and a hardware provider specifically for loadbanks.

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol has partnered with LION Smart to facilitate the development of a new cutting-edge battery module for high-performance EV applications, combining LION Smart’s direct battery‑cooling innovation …
https://www.anicecommunication.com/en/castrol-and-lion-smart…

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web search NEUTRAL — Loadbanks. Crestchic, a world leader in specialised loadbank manufacturing and testing solutions, will showcase its extensive offering at the Moscow International Oil & Gas (MIOGE) Exhibition through …
https://crestchicloadbanks.cn/technical-solutions-to-showcas…

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web search NEUTRAL — Crestchic Loadbanks is based in Burton Upon Trent, UK and has sales and rental offices around the world. Since 1983, Crestchic has remained the world’s largest specialised load bank manufacturer and l…
https://loadbanks.com/loadbanks-lclb-dcs-landing/

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Claim 2: “Castrol has been a name synonymous with engine lubricants for well over a century.”

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While the evidence confirms Castrol is a global leader in lubricants and sells engine oils, none of the provided sources explicitly state the company has existed for 'well over a century' or provide a founding date to verify the 100+ year claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Castor oil is a vegetable oil pressed from castor beans, the seeds of the plant Ricinus communis. The seeds are 40 to 60 percent oil. It is a colourless or pale yellow liquid with a distinct taste and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castor_oil

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol, a global leader in lubricants, has unveiled its newly reformulated Castrol Cyltech 70f, 100f, and 140f range to address the evolving needs of slow-speed two-stroke marine engines.
https://www.fuelsandlubes.com/castrol-unveils-marine-engine-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Quality. 100% original goods and 2 years warranty. Top Service. Buy without Registration possible. 14 days return policy. Payment. paypal_motoroel100 sofortueberweisung_motoroel100.Castrol Magnatec A5…
https://www.motoroel100.de/Castrol-Magnatec-PROF-5W30-A5-5L2…

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Claim 3: “Through its Castrol ON platform, the company is making a deliberate push into data centre thermal management”

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Multiple sources from Castrol's own site and bp confirm that the Castrol ON platform is used for data center thermal management, including direct-to-chip and immersion cooling.

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON Liquid Cooling fluid range Backed by our technical expertise in advanced fluids and thermal management, our Castrol ON Liquid Cooling fluid range spans both Direct-to-Chip and Immersion coo…
https://www.castrol.com/en/global/corporate/products/data-ce…

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web search NEUTRAL — Thanks to AI, demand for supercomputing power is growing fast - along with the need for better, more efficient cooling of energy-hungry data centers. Castrol's Peter Huang, who oversees the data cente…
https://www.bp.com/en_us/united-states/home/news/features-an…

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON data centre cooling fluids for AI, machine learning, and cloud computing workloads can support thermal management across the lifecycle of a data centre.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/castrol-on-advances…

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Claim 4: “A proof-of-concept deployment in Beijing demonstrated the use of Castrol ON EV Thermal Fluids in a data centre cooling environment”

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The evidence discusses Castrol ON EV Thermal Fluids in the context of batteries and heavy-duty vehicles, but there is no mention of a proof-of-concept deployment specifically in Beijing for data center cooling.

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON Thermal Fluid is part of a family of Castrol ON products, which include Castrol ON EV Transmission Fluids and Castrol ON EV Greases. Castrol’s e-Mobility team continues to optimise thermal …
https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/castrol-on-ev-thermal-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON EV Thermal Fluid. The battery is the most valuable component in heavy-duty vehicles.*Castrol ON EV Fluids benefits are demonstrated in bespoke testing of a direct cooled system in a broad r…
https://www.castrol.com/en/global/corporate/products/our-bra…

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON EV Transmission Fluid is part of a broader family of advanced Castrol ON EV fluids. The range includes EV Transmission Fluids, EV Thermal Fluids and EV Greases that help with the mainstream…
https://www.anicecommunication.com/en/castrol-launches-first…

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Claim 5: “Castrol ON has introduced its Primary Cooling Fluid DTX®, developed in partnership with Hydratech.”

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One source mentions Castrol ON Primary Cooling Fluid DTX. Another source mentions Hydratech introducing DTX technology in 2010, but there is no explicit confirmation in the provided text of a formal partnership between Castrol and Hydratech to develop this specific fluid.

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol On Primary Cooling Fluid DTX. Castrol ON: Primary Cooling Fluid DTX. Provides significant COP and PUE advantages, when compared with Propylene Glycol (PG).
https://www.dccoolingsolutions.com/data-centre-primary-liqui…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hydratech revolutionized the European heat transfer fluid market in 2010, with the introduction of DTX technology. The glycol hybrids have been especially formulated for use in process cooling, refrig…
https://www.hydratechfluids.com/us/news-thoughts-blog/Hydrat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON Direct Liquid Cooling PG 25 for optimal chip temperature maintenance, and DC 15 and DC 20 immersion cooling fluids, are all part of Castrol’s best-in-class liquid cooling adoption ecosystem…
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2026/05/06/ocp-emea-summit…

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Claim 6: “Its Direct Liquid Cooling PG 25 fluid is designed for chip-level thermal management, and has received the OCP Inspired™ designation from the Open Compute Project”

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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Castrol ON Direct Liquid Cooling PG 25 has received the OCP Inspired™ designation from the Open Compute Project.

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON announced that its PG 25 Direct Liquid Cooling fluid has been recognized under the Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) OCP Inspired program.
https://www.storagenewsletter.com/2026/05/06/ocp-emea-summit…

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON Direct Liquid Cooling PG 25 is a fully formulated, ready-to-use propylene glycol-based heat transfer fluid developed specifically for Direct-to-Chip cooling in data centre and edge environm…
https://www.kernow-oils.co.uk/blog/castrol-on-pg-25-the-futu…

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ON Direct Liquid Cooling PG 25 is specifically engineered for direct-to-chip cooling applications in data centres. Ready-to-use propylene glycol-based formulation offers proven thermal managem…
https://www.castrol.com/en/global/corporate/about-castrol/ne…

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Claim 7: “The company is also developing monitoring technologies that allow real-time condition tracking of cooling fluids in operation.”

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The provided evidence describes Castrol's general business and specific cooling fluids, but does not mention the development of real-time condition tracking monitoring technologies for cooling fluids.

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol ... Castrol Limited is a British oil company that markets industrial and automotive lubricants, offering a wide range of oil, greases and similar products for most lubrication applications.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrol

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol serves every driver through liquid engineering; creating high performance motor oils, lubricants, & fluids, including both synthetic & conventional.
https://www.castrol.com/en_us/united-states/home.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Castrol strives to ensure that its website is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Should you encounter an issue accessing any content on thecastrolstore.com, please contact our Customer Servi…
https://www.thecastrolstore.com/

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