Items Tagged with 'Data Centers and HVACR'

As power generation moves onsite, waste heat becomes a powerful resource – and a valuable opportunity for contractors serving data centers.

Geothermal technology could become an important tool for reducing data center energy use, but HVAC contractors need more than enthusiasm to take advantage of this opportunity. 

By rethinking the role of the driveshaft as a linchpin of mechanical stability, today’s data center cooling towers are engineered to thrive under relentless, ever-changing thermal loads.

As AI pushes the next generation toward the skilled trades, the HVAC industry might hit a bottleneck in meeting data center labor demands. 

President Trump has nominated acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling to the full-time post, as the Labor Department faces budget cuts, workforce challenges, and heightened scrutiny in the Senate.

The new AI Data Center Energy Performance Framework provides practical, expert guidance for next-generation data center design and operation.

As communities push back against data center development, HVAC is positioning itself as part of the solution, not the problem. 

By connecting data center waste heat to district heating networks, operators and cities can transform an environmental challenge into a community resource.

LG’s thermal and power solutions support AI data centers with advanced air cooling, liquid cooling, immersion cooling, intelligent energy management and high-efficiency power infrastructure.

As Northern Virginia’s data center boom strains power, water, and infrastructure, industry leaders are turning to district energy to transform waste heat into a scalable, low-carbon resource.