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INDONESIA: South Korean manufacturer LG has been named as the cooling solutions provider for a US$300m AI data centre currently under construction in Jakarta, Indonesia. …

USA: The number of deaths in the legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City’s Harlem neighbourhood has risen to six.

USA: Honeywell has progressed plans to spin off its Advanced Materials business this year, filing its Form 10 registration statement and announcing its future board for the new Solstice business.

USA: With the US continuing to suffer shortages of lower GWP refrigerant R454B, Carrier has announced that it is now fulfilling R454B refrigerant orders within two weeks from time of order.

BELGIUM: After two and a half years of construction, Daikin’s €140m EMEA Development Centre (EDC) is now operational.

USA: Modine has officially opened its new 100,000ft2 factory in Chennai, India, to meet accelerated demand for data centre cooling across the APAC region.

UK/USA: Vertiv Holdings has successfully completed the $200m acquisition of Great Lakes Data Racks & Cabinets, a leading manufacturer of innovative data rack enclosures and integrated infrastructure solutions.

SOUTH KOREA: LG Electronics is reducing plastic consumption and carbon emissions by adopting a new material and manufacturing process for its commercial 4-way system air conditioners. 

USA: Lennox has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the HVAC division of NSI Industries, a leading provider of electrical, HVAC, and network infrastructure product solutions, for approximately $550m.

USA: Over 600,000 Frigidaire-brand minifridges have been recalled in the USA after reports of short circuits causing more than $700,000 of property damage.

SPAIN: With firefighters continuing to battle 14 major blazes across Spain, home and business owners are being advised of precautions to take with their air conditioning systems.

USA: A fourth person is reported to have died from the outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in New York City's Harlem neighbourhood.

USA: GE Appliances has revealed that it will invest more than $3bn over the next five years in its US operations.

USA: Chemours has revealed that its Opteon two-phase immersion cooling fluid has been qualified by Samsung Electronics, following testing by the Korean computer manufacturer.

GERMANY: US asset management firm Apollo is to acquire a majority stake in German heat exchanger products manufacturer Kelvion.

IRELAND: Trane Technologies has announced the launch of the BrainBox AI Lab to serve as a hub for research into furthering intelligent, efficient and sustainable building operations.

INDIA: Stallion India Fluorochemicals, a Mumbai-based supplier of refrigerants, is to build a $13.7m R32 plant in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan.

GERMANY: Kelvion has announced the addition of 55,000m² of new production space at its factories in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Opole, Poland, to support demand for data centre cooling solutions.

BELGIUM: Daikin Europe has supplied heat pump systems, air conditioners, and air purifiers to schools in Ukraine to help rebuild critical public infrastructure damaged by the war.

SWEDEN: Swedish heat pump company Aira has announced a further €150m of equity financing expand its European to operations and launch new innovations.

GERMANY: Bluu Unit, a group of refrigeration, air conditioning and ventilation firms, has bolstered its German footprint by acquiring Düsseldorf-based ACI Group and Heuberger Kälte Klima GmbH from Bayreuth.

NEPAL: The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is the first country in 2025 to ratify the Kigali Amendment.

DENMARK: Danfoss has produced a new whitepaper examining the trends and drivers in selecting refrigerants for HVACR systems.

SERBIA: A further attempt to smuggle small quantities of refrigerant across borders by bus has been uncovered, this time by authorities in Serbia.

JAPAN: Daikin has reported Q1 net sales of JPY1,213,821m ($8.2bn), down 3% on the April-June period in 2024, but operating profit was up 5.1% at JPY121,300m ($822m).

JAPAN: A consortium of Japanese companies has developed what is claimed to be the industry's first absorption chiller-heater compatible with mixed combustion of hydrogen and natural gas.

USA: A company which sold dangerous portable air conditioners has agreed a civil penalty and restitution totalling over $16.4m.