Johnson Controls, the leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has recently made a multi-million dollar strategic investment in Accelsius, a leader in two-phase, direct-to-chip liquid cooling technology for data centres. Two-phase solutions use ‘phase change’ from liquid to vapour to remove heat, enabling more efficient heat extraction with reduced energy consumption.
Cooling is among the most critical equipment in a data centre, efficiently and reliably keeping the chips at the right temperature that are foundational to the digital economy and our everyday lives. However, with cooling systems accounting for 30% to 40% of a data centre’s total energy, deploying energy- and water-efficient cooling solutions is one of the industry’s most pressing challenges.
Commenting on the development, Austin Domenici, Vice President and General Manager, Johnson Controls Global Data Centre Solutions, said, “With the sharp growth in AI, cooling innovation has become a front-line imperative to meet the increasing demands of high-density data centres. Leveraging our leading capabilities, our mission is to drive the industry forward to unlock new levels of energy efficiency across the cooling chain.”
