Daikin Applied has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DDC Solutions, a San-Diego-based developer of ultra-high-density cooling cabinets and management software for data centres.
Daikin Applied says the acquisition will expand its data centre portfolio — adding in-room, rack-level solutions for white space cooling, and underscoring its commitment to providing complete data centre cooling solutions.
DDC Solutions offers a patented, self-contained hybrid cooling system that integrates air and liquid cooling directly within data centre racks. Its S-Series v4 cabinet supports up to 100kW air cooling and is liquid to the chip ready to enable ultra-high-density cooling in excess of 1MW per cabinet.
Unlike traditional air-cooled or plenum-based systems, this design contains heat removal within the rack itself, which is said to improve operational efficiency and eliminates the need for costly infrastructure modifications. In addition, the cabinets provide excellent fire and water protection and significantly reduce the data centre’s acoustic signature. They also come equipped with infrastructure management software for real-time monitoring and automated cooling adjustment on a per cabinet basis.
“This acquisition allows us to deliver a rack-level cooling platform that is resilient, flexible and scalable, and able to support current and next-generation chip sets,” said Daikin Applied COO Yu Nishiwaki
After the closing, which is expected by the end of this month, DDC Solutions will operate as a subsidiary of Daikin Applied with the full DDC Solutions leadership team remaining in their current roles.
