JOHNSON CONTROLS
CREDIT: XXX five years, hiking up costs and delaying data centre projects. In order to facilitate faster innovation, Johnson Controls’ efforts have compressed development timelines dramatically.
“ We can flex NPI processes as quickly as six to nine months now to produce a new product that fits the needs of the data centre,” says Aaron Lewis, CCO of GDCS at Johnson Controls. This acceleration enables rapid response to market changes.“ We feel now that we have a strong case to bring our expertise to market to satisfy any solution.”
Davin Sandhu, Global Portfolio Director, GDCS at Johnson Controls, explains:“ We’ re really able to take a strong stance on the products
“ As data centres are becoming more densely populated from a power standpoint, we’ re able to continuously innovate new products and continue to leverage the scale that we have across the globe”
DAVIN SANDHU, PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR FOR GLOBAL DATA CENTER SOLUTIONS, JOHNSON CONTROLS that we provide and use them to be a unique data centre partner.
“ We have a strong footprint in our chiller portfolio and our air handling unit portfolio to drive innovation.”
The company’ s YVAA chiller platform exemplifies this innovation approach. The product operates across all global climates without modification from-28 ° C to 59 ° C, whereas traditional air-cooled chillers require additional equipment for extreme temperatures.
With power usage effectiveness( PUE) targets becoming increasingly stringent, Johnson Controls says the YVAA platform helps clients meet these demanding standards consistently.
“ A typical air-cooled chiller in the market will require some sort of water evaporation to work in some of the warmer climates,” Mihir notes.“ The YVAA platform eliminates these complications entirely and has the ability to run to both hot and low temperatures, allowing data centres to scale with a consistent known solution.”
Manufacturing at unprecedented scale AI is creating a broad range of heatrelated challenges for data centres, particularly as graphics processing units( GPUs) generate enormous heat loads when running the technology.
In order to meet new demands – and to keep data centre emissions down – Johnson Controls has undertaken massive manufacturing expansion to meet surging demand. The company describes these investments as among the largest in its history, having increased
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