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sustainability goals while building scalable, climate-resilient infrastructure that performs reliably anywhere.”
The future of Johnson Controls data centre solutions Looking ahead, Todd expresses enthusiasm about Johnson Controls’ evolving role in empowering the data centre industry.
Johnson Controls is focused on meeting the demands of higher-density, AI-driven workloads while maximising efficiency and sustainability. Traditionally, chips were cooled by directing airflow across them, but today’ s increased heat output and density mean air alone no longer suffices. Liquid cooling has emerged as a far more effective heat transfer medium for these intensive applications.
“ We’ re still at the start of this new data centre era, technologies that looked cutting-edge five years ago are already evolving, and in just a few years, they will look very different again as the pace of innovation accelerates alongside AI’ s ambitions,” Todd says.
To address this constant evolution, Johnson Controls is focusing on three main areas.
“ First, scaling liquid cooling for the AI era, our expanded Silent-Aire CDU platform delivers precision cooling in-row adjacent to heat-generating equipment or in the whitespace perimeter,” says Todd.
“ Second, end-to-end efficiency – cooling often accounts for 30 % to 40 % of a data centre’ s non-IT energy use. By advancing our Silent-Aire, York and M & M Carnot portfolios, we can cut that by half or more, providing significant cost and carbon savings.
“ Third, global reach with local flexibility – our manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, combined with a service network of 40,000 + technicians, ensure rapid deployment and consistent support anywhere in the world.
“ Ultimately, from chip to ambient, we partner with operators to deliver sustainable, high-performance infrastructure ready for the AI-driven digital economy, while recognising that this is just the beginning.”
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