Johnson Controls Launches Scalable Liquid Cooling Solution to Meet the Increasing Demand of High-Density Data Centers

Johnson Controls expanded its data center thermal management offerings with the launch of its Silent-Aire Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU) platform. This latest addition to Johnson Controls’ end-to-end thermal management portfolio enables data centers to seamlessly transition to liquid cooling as rack densities rise. The Silent-Aire CDUs offer a wide range of scalable cooling capacities from 500kW to over 10MW in flexible designs that are uniquely tailored to suit the needs of any data center deployment.

With the rapid growth of AI and increasing demand for computing power, denser chips are generating more heat, making cooling innovation a critical priority. Silent-Aire CDUs allow for precision cooling of this equipment, enabling data center owners and operators to deploy the latest in semiconductor technology. Positioned either within the rack row adjacent to heat-generating equipment or in the whitespace perimeter, Silent-Aire CDUs are designed for flexibility to support a wide range of liquid-cooling configurations and hybrid designs to deliver precise, efficient cooling of high-performance environments ranging from edge-based inference to large AI factories.

This launch is built on Johnson Controls’ broad portfolio of existing Silent-Aire, York and M&M Carnot thermal management products that serve data centers worldwide. Since 2020, large data centers have typically devoted more than 30% of their energy to cooling and other non-IT functions. However, Johnson Controls’ solutions can reduce non-IT energy consumption by more than 50% in most North American data center hubs, the company says. For a gigawatt-scale AI factory, this reduction translates to enough energy savings to power over 200,000 households annually.

Johnson Controls manufactures the Silent-Aire CDUs at facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. With more than 1.8 million square feet of production floorspace, this global footprint helps to increase capacity needed to meet the accelerated pace of data center development. A robust network of over 40,000 field and service technicians backs Johnson Controls’ building technology to ensure reliable service, maintenance, and parts delivery worldwide. 

To learn more, visit: www.silent-aire.com/cdu