Immersion4 wins global award at ITU Telecom World

Under the broad theme of Innovating together; connectivity that matters the event showcased and debated the technologies, policies, strategies and approaches that will not only drive connectivity in itself, but extend a connectivity that is secure, affordable, interoperable, relevant and fit for purpose.

The Forum convened an influential global audience spanning governments, key ICT industry players, regulators, international organizations, high-growth SMEs, consultants, academia and media. Sessions covered topical areas from technological developments and impacts in 5G, IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), smart cities, digital literacy to supporting tech SME growth, mitigating gender bias in AI, and more. Ministerial roundtables convened ministers from across the globe to debate issues such as data privacy, the role of government in 5G deployment or stimulating public private collaboration on connectivity and adoption.

A host of life-changing innovations were highlighted at the lively Awards Ceremony, which marked the close of four busy days of showcasing, networking and debates at ITU Telecom World 2019. Award winning innovations from SMEs, governments and major corporates came from areas as diverse as online education, 5G airships and drones, green 5G, nanosatellites and enabling barrier free emergency calls. The Global SME Excellence winner was announced following action-packed live pitching from finalists in the Awards Ceremony itself.

The winner of the global SME excellence award comes from Switzerland: Immersion4, a company founded in 2017 and based in the Canton of Vaud. The company developed a new cooling solution for data centres which consume already more than 2% of the world’s electricity. Servers are immersed in an insulating fluid which collects the dissipated heat and transports it into a single point for transformation. In this way the waste heat can be used as an energy source. Accotding to Immersion4 “customers benefit from a massively reduced cooling energy bill, lower acquisition costs, space savings, and a truly universal and sustainable system.”