Cooling and HVAC
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Data centre demand lifts Schneider’s 2026 ceiling
Schneider Electric has raised its revenue and earnings targets after data centre construction supported record first-half sales across energy management and services.
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Denser racks meet a thinner skills pool
Uptime Institute’s 2026 survey finds more facilities reaching 30kW rack densities while recruitment difficulties, outage costs, power constraints, and incomplete sustainability measurement persist.
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AI build-out swells the cooling backlog
Johnson Controls has raised its full-year earnings guidance after orders and backlog accelerated, with data centres and other mission-critical projects driving especially strong growth in the Americas.
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Cooling starts borrowing from waste heat
Johnson Controls has released an absorption chiller guide for AI data centres using on-site power and recoverable heat.
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Mocean sends AI racks to sea
Mocean Energy’s Blue Core concept would combine wave power, solar, storage, satellite links, and ocean cooling.
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The data centre drifts offshore
Bureau Veritas has granted approval in principle to Seatrium’s 30MW floating data centre concept.
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Liquid cooling earns an Nvidia seal
LG’s 600kW coolant distribution unit has passed Nvidia’s AI Factory assessment for cooling performance, reliability, monitoring, failover, and direct-to-chip integration.
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Blackpool moves Silicon Sands into delivery
Blackpool Council intends to appoint HOCHTIEF for the first Silicon Sands data centre, combining a 6MW initial supply with liquid cooling and proposed heat reuse.
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Immersion cooling leaves the data hall
Asperitas has developed an 18.4kW compact immersion system for edge AI installations where dust, vibration, restricted space, and difficult maintenance limit conventional cooling.
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Vera Rubin gets a 2027 UK target
Civo plans to deploy Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform in new UK liquid-cooled data centres from early 2027, although site and power details remain undisclosed.