Floating liquid-cooled cold plate

A computing device, comprising:

• a component cage comprising one or more bays to house pluggable modules;
• and
• a liquid-cooled cold plate assembly comprising a first liquid-cooled cold plate having a mating surface to contact and cool a first pluggable module of the pluggable modules when the first pluggable module is installed in a first bay of the bays, the first liquid-cooled cold plate being movably mounted to the component cage such that:
• the mating surface is inclined relative to a mounting plane when the first pluggable module is not installed in the first bay;
• and
• the first pluggable module moves the first liquid-cooled cold plate as the first pluggable module is inserted into the first bay such that the mating surface is parallel to the mounting plane when the first pluggable module is fully installed.

A method of operation of a liquid-cooled cold plate assembly mounted within a component cage of a computing device, the method comprising:

• floating a first liquid-cooled cold plate of the liquid-cooled cold plate assembly in a first angled plane relative to a surface of the component cage to which the first liquid-cooled cold plate is mounted;
• moving the first liquid-cooled cold plate relative to an axis that is perpendicular to the surface of the component cage, wherein the moving is during installation of a first heat-generating component into the component cage;
• and
• fixing the first liquid-cooled cold plate in a first parallel plane relative to the surface of the component cage to contact a mating surface of the first liquid-cooled cold plate to a first surface of the first heat-generating component.