Johnson Controls invests in data center cooling firm Accelsius

Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI) announced a multi-million dollar strategic investment in Accelsius, a company that develops two-phase liquid cooling technology for data centers, according to a press release statement.

Accelsius specializes in direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems that use phase change from liquid to vapor to remove heat from computer processors. The technology targets high-density data centers that support artificial intelligence workloads.

"With the sharp growth in AI, cooling innovation has become a front-line imperative to meet the increasing demands of high-density data centers," said Austin Domenici, vice president and general manager of Johnson Controls Global Data Center Solutions.

Josh Claman, CEO of Accelsius, stated that the company's two-phase direct-to-chip cooling solutions use non-conductive fluids and can deliver "35% OpEx savings over single-phase direct-to-chip and 8–17% total cost of ownership savings."

Data center cooling systems typically account for 30% to 40% of a facility's total energy consumption. The investment comes as data centers face increasing power demands from AI applications that generate significant heat.

Johnson Controls manufactures building technology and recently launched its Silent-Aire Coolant Distribution Unit platform, which offers cooling capacities from 500kW to over 10MW. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange.

Accelsius was founded by Innventure Inc. (NASDAQ: INV) and operates its NeuCool platform for liquid cooling systems that can scale from individual server racks to entire data centers.

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