The invention belongs to the technical field of special methods for cooling electric equipment, and specifically discloses a method for cooling a server through oil. The method comprises the followingsteps: (1) a cabinet and an oil circulation device are prepared, and oil raw materials, including insulating mineral oil and 2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, are prepared, wherein the carbon atoms on thealkyl side chain in the insulating ore oil account for 42-50% of the total molecular carbon number; (2) the oil raw materials prepared in step (1) are mixed to form oil; (3) a server is put in the cabinet, and the oil is put in the oil circulation device; and (4) the oil circulation device is started to make the oil enter the cabinet and go over the server, the oil absorbing heat is sucked by theoil circulation device and cooled and then enter the cabinet again, and the temperature of the cooled oil is between -10 DEG C and 20 DEG C. The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art:the air flow carries and blows impurities into the server to cause dust accumulation during heat dissipation based on cold and hot air exchange, and the low thermal conductivity of air results in lowheat dissipation efficiency of the server.