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Solstice to buy specialty chemical firm Element Solutions
UK: Refrigerant manufacturer Solstice has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Florida-based specialty chemical manufacturer and supplier Element Solutions Inc in a deal valued at approximately $14.5bn….
NVIDIA raises data centre cooling to 45ºC
USA: In what is being dubbed one of the biggest efficiency leaps in data center history, US technology company NVIDIA is employing liquid cooling at up to 45ºC….
ETS funds major EU heat pump projects
EUROPE: Heat pump projects in Czechia and Croatia are among 51 energy-related projects to benefit from €2.5bn of total funding from the…
Using AI to predict the thermal state of servers
JAPAN: Daikin is to begin joint verification of a cooling optimisation solution to predict the thermal state inside data centre servers with leading IT company NTT Data. …
Vertiv opens Malaysia plant to support AI demand
MALAYSIA: Vertiv has opened a new 21,900m2 manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia, to support growing demand for AI and high-density computing infrastructure across Asia….
Daikin Applied restructures US leadership
USA: In a number of leadership changes at Daikin Applied Americas, chief operating officer Yu Nishiwaki has been named as its new president and CEO….
Tefcold expands interests in Spain
SPAIN: Tefcold, the Danish commercial refrigeration equipment wholesaler, has acquired the HoReCa-related assets of Spanish company Clima Hosteleria….
Climalife plant to reclaim complex refrigerant blends
FRANCE: Climalife has laid the foundation stone for a new refrigerant distillation plant at the Osiris industrial park in Péage-de-Roussillon, Isère, southern France….
Nordic Climate buys Swedish heat pump contractor
SWEDEN: Nordic Climate Group’s Swedish subsidiary Kylgruppen has acquired Bromma Energi, a fellow Swedish company specialising in the installation and service of heat pump systems. …
AHRI seeks review of EPA refrigerant rule
USA: The Air Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has accused the US EPA of “a lack of proper procedure” in its recent decision to roll back parts of the AIM Act. …