Chemours Joins Forces with NTT DATA and Hibiya Engineering, Ltd. For Full-Scale Opteon™ 2P50 Product Trial

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Chemours Joins Forces with NTT DATA and Hibiya Engineering, Ltd. For Full-Scale Opteon™ 2P50 Product Trial

2025-03-14 18:46 Last Updated At：18:52

WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 14, 2025--

The Chemours Company (Chemours) (NYSE: CC), a global leader in delivering innovative performance chemistry, today announced the launch of a full-scale product trial with NTT DATA and a leading regional engineering firm, Hibiya Engineering, Ltd., focused on data center two-phase immersion cooling. The trial follows successful lab testing and aims to revolutionize data center cooling strategies through cutting-edge technologies, including Chemours' advanced dielectric fluid, Opteon™ 2P50. This announcement marks an important step in the product commercialization process, which includes lab trials, field trials, equipment specification, customer selection, and ultimately commercial contracts and sales.

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The product trial was designed to address the growing data center energy and cooling gap. As data centers evolve to meet the demands of high-performance computing and artificial intelligence (AI), they generate more heat and higher energy demand. This collaboration will explore next-generation cooling technologies that ensure optimal computing performance today and into the future, while supporting significant gains in data center efficiency and sustainability.

“We are pleased to partner with Chemours and the broader data center value chain to accelerate the practical application of liquid and immersion cooling technologies through this field trial,” said Kouhei Kurotaki, Deputy Manager of Technology Consulting Division at NTT DATA Japan. “Opteon™ 2P50 directly addresses the growing heat generation and energy use challenges facing data centers, and we believe this trial will help address key value chain questions. By driving joint verification and specification we can fully meet customer requirements, support safe construction and operation, provide more sustainable IT services, and ultimately accelerate adoption of innovative technologies.”

The field trial will engage a wide range of industry participants from data center operators, equipment manufacturers, and engineering design firms to IT vendors and research institutions.

“Joining forces with these industry leaders for an Opteon™ 2P50 field trial represents an exciting step forward in our journey to help solve the big data energy and water crisis,” said Izabela Jasinska, Liquid Cooling Venture Leader. “As AI adoption grows and next generation graphics and central processing chips become the standard, traditional cooling technologies simply cannot keep up. We developed Opteon™ 2P50 specifically for data centers, to not only increase the performance and efficiency criteria, but also to dramatically reduce the environmental footprint of data centers around the globe.”

Opteon™ 2P50, Chemours’ developmental dielectric thermal management fluid, has an ultra-low global warming potential of 10 (AR6) and superior performance capabilities compared to traditional or single-phase cooling technologies. This developmental fluid can eliminate up to:

Chemours’ participation in this trial underscores the company’s dedication to sustainable innovation and partnership with industry leaders to address the data center cooling gap.

For more information, visit Opteon.com.

About The Chemours Company

The Chemours Company (NYSE: CC) is a global leader in providing industrial and specialty chemicals products for markets, including coatings, plastics, refrigeration and air conditioning, transportation, semiconductor and advanced electronics, general industrial, and oil and gas. Through our three businesses –Thermal & Specialized Solutions, Titanium Technologies, and Advanced Performance Materials – we deliver application expertise and chemistry-based innovations that solve customers’ biggest challenges. Our flagship products are sold under prominent brands such as Opteon™, Freon™, Ti-Pure™, Nafion™, Teflon™, Viton™, and Krytox™. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware and listed on the NYSE under the symbol CC, Chemours has approximately 6,000 employees and 28 manufacturing sites and serves approximately 2,500 customers in approximately 110 countries.

For more information, visit chemours.com or follow us on X (formerly Twitter) @Chemours or LinkedIn.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long-term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are also one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future.

For more information visit nttdata.com.

About Hibiya Engineering, Ltd.

Hibiya Engineering, Ltd. is a leading engineering company dedicated to advancing innovative solutions in the fields of data center cooling, building systems, and environmental technologies. With a strong commitment to sustainability and cutting-edge technology, Hibiya Engineering collaborates with global partners to develop and implement next-generation cooling systems that enhance energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact. The company's expertise spans across various sectors, including the development of advanced dielectric fluids and two-phase immersion cooling technologies, aimed at revolutionizing data center operations. Hibiya Engineering continues to drive innovation and excellence, ensuring optimal performance and sustainability for its clients worldwide.

For more information visit the Hibiya Engineering, Ltd. website.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to a historical or current fact. The words "believe," "expect," "will," "anticipate," "plan," "estimate," "target," "project" and similar expressions, among others, generally identify "forward-looking statements," which speak only as of the date such statements were made. These forward-looking statements may address, among other things, new product development and expected contributions to advancing the data center energy efficiency, improving sustainability, circularity, decreasing environmental footprint, plans to continue investment in research and development, all of which are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements also involve risks and uncertainties that are beyond Chemours' control. Matters outside our control, including general economic conditions, geopolitical conditions and global health events, and changes in environmental regulations in the U.S. or other jurisdictions that affect demand for or adoption of our products, have affected or may affect our business and operations and may or may continue to hinder our ability to provide goods and services to customers, cause disruptions in our supply chains such as through strikes, labor disruptions or other events, adversely affect our business partners, significantly reduce the demand for our products, adversely affect the health and welfare of our personnel or cause other unpredictable events. Additionally, there may be other risks and uncertainties that Chemours is unable to identify at this time or that Chemours does not currently expect to have a material impact on its business. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include the risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. Chemours assumes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law.

Big March storm fans wildfires and flips trucks as forecasters fear weekend tornado outbreak

2025-03-15 07:21 Last Updated At：07:30

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A sprawling storm system crossing the U.S. on Friday overturned semitrucks on highways and fanned wildfires in Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, prompting evacuation warnings in some communities. Tornado threats loomed for the Mississippi Valley into the night and the Deep South on Saturday.

The National Weather Service predicted extreme weather across a vast swath of the country that is home to more than 100 million people. Powerful winds gusting up to 80 mph (130 kph) were forecast from the Canadian border to Texas.

An approaching wildfire fueled by dry grasses and spread by strong winds prompted emergency officials to urge residents to evacuate Leedey, Oklahoma, a town of about 400 people. Meanwhile the Oklahoma State Patrol said on the social platform X that dusty winds toppled several tractor-trailers.

“This is terrible out here,” Charles Daniel, a truck driver hauling a 48-foot trailer along Interstate 40 in western Oklahoma, said of the high winds whipping up dust. “There’s a lot of sand and dirt in the air. I’m not pushing it over 55 mph. I’m scared it will blow over if I do.”

Forecasters said the severe storm threat would continue into the weekend with a high chance of tornadoes and damaging winds Saturday in Mississippi and Alabama. Heavy rain could bring flash flooding to some parts of the East Coast on Sunday.

Experts say it's not unusual to see such weather extremes in March.

“What’s unique about this one is its large size and intensity,” said Bill Bunting of the weather service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. “And so what that is doing is producing really substantial impacts over a very large area.”

The Storm Prediction Center said fast-moving storms could spawn tornadoes and hail as large as baseballs Friday. But the greatest threat would come from straight-line winds near or exceeding hurricane force, with some gusts possibly reaching 100 mph (160 kph).

A tornado watch was issued until 11 p.m. for central and eastern Missouri, including St. Louis, as well as parts of Illinois and Arkansas.

Forecasters said areas also at risk included parts of Iowa, Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. About 47 million people faced an enhanced to moderate severe storm threat from Madison, Wisconsin, to Birmingham, Alabama.

Forecasters grew increasingly worried that intense thunderstorms farther south will likely bring an even greater tornado threat Saturday.

The Storm Prediction Center said parts of Mississippi including Jackson and Hattiesburg and areas of Alabama including Birmingham and Tuscaloosa will be at a high risk of damaging winds and tornadoes. Severe storms and tornadoes are also possible across eastern Louisiana, western Georgia, central Tennessee and the western Florida Panhandle.

“We have a lot of confidence that we most likely will have a tornado outbreak tomorrow,” Storm Prediction Center meteorologist Evan Bentley said in an online briefing Friday.

Wildfires in the Southern Plains threatened to spread rapidly amid warm, dry weather and strong winds.

A blaze in Roberts County, Texas, northeast of Amarillo, quickly blew up from less than a square mile (about 2 square kilometers) to an estimated 14.8 square miles (38 square kilometers), the Texas A&M University Forest Service said on X.

About 60 miles (90 kilometers) to the south, another fire grew to about 3.9 square miles (10 square kilometers), but crews stopped its advance by the afternoon.

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management activated its emergency operations center after several fast-moving fires that prompted evacuations of the town of Leedey in the western part of the state and in a rural area east of Norman.

Evacuation notices were issued for an area that is home to about 30 people in Cowley County in southeastern Kansas as a wildfire neared homes. There were no reported injuries directly caused by fires, County Administrator Lucas Goff said, but low visibility due to smoky conditions led to car accidents.

Officials urged people in some areas of central Missouri’s Camden County to evacuate due to wildfires, and the State Highway Patrol warned via social media that they were nearing homes and businesses.

High winds also knocked out power to more than 220,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri, according the website poweroutage.us.

The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for parts of far western Minnesota and far eastern South Dakota starting early Saturday. Snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches (7.6 to 15.2 centimeters) were expected, with up to a foot (30 centimeters) possible.

Winds gusting to 60 mph into Saturday afternoon were expected to cause whiteout conditions. Combined with a light glaze of ice that could fall in some places before the temperature drops, travel conditions in the area could be treacherous that day, the weather service said.

The winter blast continued after snowfall of up to 3 feet (90 centimeters) blanketed the Sierra Nevada earlier in the week.

Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia. AP journalists Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas; Steve Karnowski in Minneapolis; Kim Chandler in Montgomery, Alabama; and Mike Hempen in Washington contributed.