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Trane completes Stellar purchase

USA: Trane Technologies has completed the acquisition of turnkey data centre cooling solutions provider Stellar Energy Americas Inc, previously announced in December.

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, Stellar Energy designs and builds modular cooling plants, central utility plants and coolant distribution units for liquid-cooled data centres and other complex corporate enterprises. 

The acquisition includes Stellar Energy’s existing Digital business operations, including two assembly operations in Jacksonville, Florida, and its team of approximately 700 employees.

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