Data centre boost for Carrier

USA: The growing importance of cooling to the burgeoning data centre market is reflected in claims by Carrier of data centre orders being up over 500% in Q1.

The backlog already covers Carrier’s expected $1.5bn of data centre sales this year.

Total company orders were up 11% in Q1, driven by a 35% rise in commercial HVAC sales. Net sales were up 2%, and organic sales down 1%.

“We started the year with better-than-expected sales performance across the portfolio,” commented Carrier chairman and CEO David Gitlin.

“Orders in our global commercial HVAC business increased 35%, helped by data centres which were up over 500% in the quarter. The strong double-digit sequential increase in commercial HVAC backlog gives us the confidence to drive our sixth consecutive year of double-digit growth in this business.”