CHANGSHA, China, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- While liquid cooling technology emerges as the mainstream heat dissipation solution for high-heat-load scenarios, the importance of smart water quality monitoring technology is becoming more prominent. As a professional provider of environmental monitoring sensors and solutions, Rika Sensor is actively promoting the application of water quality sensors in the liquid cooling industry, providing more reliable water quality monitoring solutions for AI data centers, energy storage systems, and industrial liquid cooling scenarios through real-time online monitoring technology.
Growing Monitoring Demand
In recent years, the construction of data centers worldwide has continued to accelerate. Especially against the backdrop of rapidly growing demand for AI computing power, high-density servers are requiring higher levels of heat dissipation capabilities. Compared to traditional air-cooling systems, liquid cooling technology, with its higher heat dissipation efficiency and lower energy consumption, is evolving into an important technological approach for next-generation data centers. At the same time, large-scale energy storage power stations, power electronic equipment, and industrial thermal management systems are also beginning to widely adopt liquid cooling solutions to meet the requirements for long-term stable operation.
According to MarketsandMarkets, the global data center liquid cooling market is projected to grow from $4.07 billion in 2026 to $27.65 billion by 2033 at a CAGR of 31.5%. With the accelerated application of liquid cooling technology in AI data centers and energy storage systems, the demand for monitoring coolant status is also increasing.
In liquid cooling systems, the coolant not only performs the function of heat transfer, but its water quality also directly affects the systems' operational stability. Factors such as abnormal conductivity, pH imbalance, increased suspended particles, and changes in dissolved oxygen can all lead to corrosion, scaling, or decreased heat exchange efficiency. Therefore, establishing a comprehensive water quality monitoring system has become a crucial aspect of ensuring the reliable operation of liquid cooling systems.
However, traditional manual sampling and testing methods suffer from problems such as long cycles and insufficient real-time performance, making it difficult to promptly detect changes in the coolant state. In addition, different liquid cooling systems often need to monitor multiple key parameters simultaneously, such as pH value, conductivity (EC), turbidity, and dissolved oxygen, which poses greater challenges to the measurement accuracy, long-term stability, and environmental adaptability of sensors.
In this context, water quality monitoring solutions capable of real-time online monitoring, remote data transmission, and intelligent alerting are attracting increasing attention from industry users. How to obtain accurate and reliable water quality data under complex operating environments has become a crucial direction for the development of water quality monitoring technology in the liquid cooling industry.
Intelligent Sensing Solutions
To meet the evolving water quality monitoring needs of the liquid cooling industry, Rika Sensor offers a variety of product solutions, including pH sensors, EC sensors, turbidity sensors, dissolved oxygen sensors, and integrated online water quality monitoring systems.
Leveraging years of accumulated environmental monitoring expertise and over 20 patents, Rika Sensor continuously optimizes its products in terms of measurement accuracy, long-term stability, and environmental adaptability. Its products utilize high-quality core components and incorporate temperature compensation, anti-interference design, and corrosion-resistant materials to meet the long-term online monitoring needs of liquid cooling systems.
Rika Sensor's water quality monitoring solutions have been successfully applied to multiple liquid cooling projects. In a liquid cooling data center project in Europe, it helped the client achieve real-time alerting of coolant purity and corrosion risk by monitoring parameters such as coolant conductivity, pH value, and turbidity online. It has also established a strategic partnership with a leading Chinese liquid cooling system manufacturer, providing customized water quality sensors for liquid cooling units, covering scenarios such as data centers and energy storage power stations.
Henry, the technical director of an overseas liquid cooling system customer, said, "Rika water quality sensors provide our liquid cooling circuits with stable online monitoring capabilities, which significantly reduces O&M costs and the risk of equipment failure."
Expanding Liquid Cooling Applications
In addition to data centers, liquid cooling technology is being rapidly adopted in energy storage systems, new energy equipment, power electronic equipment, and industrial thermal management.
With the growing global demand for energy conservation, emission reduction, and efficient thermal management, water quality monitoring will play an increasingly important role in the entire life cycle management of liquid cooling systems. Michael, the GM of Rika Sensor, pointed out, "We're always committed to focusing on customer challenges and applying sensing technology across the liquid cooling industry, providing global customers with more reliable and easier-to-integrate monitoring solutions."
Through continuous innovation in sensing technology and flexible customization capabilities, Rika Sensor is collaborating with liquid cooling equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and project developers to jointly drive the liquid cooling industry toward a more intelligent, efficient, and reliable future.
About Rika Sensor
Rika Sensor is a high-tech enterprise specializing in the R&D and manufacturing of environmental monitoring sensors and solutions. Its products are widely used in liquid cooling systems, environmental monitoring, smart agriculture, new energy, and industrial automation, including water quality sensors, pH sensors, EC sensors, turbidity sensors, dissolved oxygen sensors, pyranometers, wind speed sensors, and automatic weather stations. Adhering to the philosophy of "making measurement simpler, smarter, and more accurate", Rika Sensor continuously provides reliable environmental sensing and data monitoring solutions to customers worldwide.
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Rika Advances Smart Water Quality Monitoring for Liquid Cooling in AI Data Centers
League-wide initiative creates a connected digital platform for
fan engagement, commercial growth, and continuous innovation.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Lacrosse League (NLL) and YinzCam, Inc. announced a landmark League-wide partnership establishing YinzCam as the Official Digital Engine of the NLL. Combining the NLL's vision for the future of professional box lacrosse with YinzCam's industry-leading technology, the partnership will deliver one of the most comprehensive digital transformations in North American professional sports.
YinzCam will serve as the League's digital platform developer, customer data provider, and continuous innovation partner, delivering the integrated technologies that connect every major League touchpoint – from fans and clubs to broadcasts, grassroots programs, and business operations.
Beginning on NLL Faceoff Weekend in November 2026, the partnership will launch the new NLL mobile app, NLL Fan ID powered by YinzCam Single Sign-On, and the NLL Customer Data Platform (CDP). Subsequent releases will include a redesigned League website, rebuilt Club websites and mobile applications, connected jersey technology, and future AI-powered innovations.
YinzCam technology will also extend beyond the professional game into NLL UnBOXedTM, connecting youth participants and community programming directly to the digital platform. By connecting grassroots participation with the professional game, the partnership creates new opportunities to grow the sport while delivering greater value to NLL fans, Clubs, and commercial partners.
"Together with YinzCam, we're building the digital foundation for the next generation of the National Lacrosse League," said Brett Frood, Commissioner of the NLL. "This partnership creates a connected League that delivers better experiences for fans, stronger tools for our Clubs, greater value for our partners, and a platform that can evolve for years to come."
Beyond enhancing the fan experience, YinzCam's partnership with the NLL creates a shared digital foundation that supports smarter business operations, more effective partner activation, and continuous innovation across the League.
Core Partnership Pillars
Unified Digital Platform
YinzCam will deliver a fully integrated digital platform that unifies the League app, League and Club websites, Fan ID, Single Sign-On, and the NLL CDP into one seamless experience. Every interaction across League and Club digital properties will contribute to a unified view of each NLL fan, enabling more personalized content, smarter marketing, and data-informed business decisions throughout the League. This is a first-of-its-kind deployment for YinzCam.
Accelerating Commercial Growth
The single connected platform transforms how the NLL and its Clubs create value for commercial partners. By combining first-party audience intelligence with digital media, broadcast, live events, retail, and grassroots programming, brands will gain more personalized activation opportunities, stronger campaign measurement, and year-round engagement.
"The future of sports partnerships is being driven by data, personalization, and measurable business outcomes," said Kurt Hunzeker, NLL Executive Vice President, Commercial Operations. "By combining YinzCam's digital capabilities with the NLL's evolving commercial strategy, we're creating new ways for partners to connect with fans while providing greater visibility into performance, engagement, and return on investment."
Continuous Innovation
The partnership will create the League's long-term innovation environment, enabling new technologies to be developed, tested, and deployed across broadcast, mobile, web, and in- venue experiences. Future innovations – including enhanced gameday features, AI-powered fan experiences, and advanced venue technologies – will be introduced continuously as fan expectations and League needs evolve.
Connected Experiences
Every NLL player jersey will feature YinzCam branding alongside embedded NFC technology, bridging the live event and the League's digital experience. These connected jerseys will support future capabilities ranging from authenticated merchandise and exclusive digital experiences to enhanced game operations and emerging fan engagement opportunities delivered through the NLL mobile app.
AI Research in Live Competition
The partnership also establishes the NLL as a live production environment for sports technology research. Working alongside Priya Narasimhan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of YinzCam, and head of Carnegie Mellon University's Game Research AI Lab (GRAIL), researchers and students will collaborate to develop AI-driven technologies supporting officiating, broadcast production, player performance, and other League operations.
This collaboration creates a pathway for emerging technologies to move directly from academic research into professional sports while generating real-world insights that can benefit organizations throughout the global sports industry.
"In a transformational technology landscape driven by AI, our partnership with YinzCam and its connection to Carnegie Mellon University uniquely positions the NLL to accelerate innovation across every aspect of League operations," said Edward Derse, NLL Executive Vice President, Technology and Broadcast Operations. "Beyond building a best-in-class digital platform, we are already advancing AI-powered video analytics, ultra-wideband player tracking, and smart equipment technologies that will enhance the fan experience while unlocking new capabilities for teams, players, and broadcasts."
"This is an unprecedented, exhilarating opportunity for impact: for our digital platforms at YinzCam and for our GRAIL sports-technology research lab at Carnegie Mellon University to be so closely integrated with a professional sports league," said Priya Narasimhan. "We're thrilled that the NLL will be able to use our entire capabilities and the full breadth of our digital and data products to power the engine of the NLL's digital future. On top of all this, we will have the privilege of direct collaboration with NLL professionals to apply AI to transform the future of pro lacrosse operations. The NLL will become the testbed for breakthroughs that will ripple across the global sports landscape. Together with the NLL, YinzCam and the GRAIL initiative at Carnegie Mellon will drive the future of AI in sport for lacrosse and beyond lacrosse."
About the National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) is North America's largest professional lacrosse league and welcomed more than 1 million fans for the fourth consecutive year during the 2025-26 season. Founded in 1986, the NLL is comprised of 14 franchises across Canada and the United States, and recently unveiled its largest brand campaign ever, "Welcome to The Next Major League™" and introduced its comprehensive grassroots initiative, NLL UnBOXed™, which will expand the League's footprint to 60 communities across North America by 2028. For the latest scores and developments in the National Lacrosse League, please visit NLL.com and find the NLL on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok.
About YinzCam, Inc.
YinzCam delivers unified digital platform solutions to clubs, leagues, and venues across the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS, WNBA, NWSL, UFL, Liga MX, English football, F1, and world-class facilities, reaching more than 150 million fans globally. YinzCam's unified digital platform encompasses mobile apps, web platforms, connected TV apps, Apple CarPlay, OTT, mobile wallet, mobile ordering, and a Single Sign-On customer ID that enables frictionless access across the entire platform. Founded in Pittsburgh in 2009 as a Carnegie Mellon University spinoff rooted in academic research, YinzCam has grown to become one of the most trusted global names in sports and entertainment technology. For more information, visit yinzcam.com and casestudies.yinzcam.com. YinzCam.com | @yinzcam
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NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE AND YINZCAM ANNOUNCE OFFICIAL DIGITAL ENGINE PARTNERSHIP
