Kris Wauters, Stuart Newman and Philippe Torres bring more than seventy years of combined experience in HVAC, IT cooling and data centre engineering. Their arrival strengthens Apx’s technical and commercial presence at a time when demand for advanced heat-rejection infrastructure is rising sharply.

Wauters, formerly with Mitsubishi Electric, becomes Enterprise Manager for the Benelux region. His background in sales and operations management positions him to support telecoms, laboratory cooling and mid-market data centre customers, particularly as Belgium enters a period of accelerated data centre development.

Newman joins as Business Development Manager for the UK, Ireland and wider European markets. With a career spanning engineering, sales and logistics resilience, he will work with consultants, contractors and end users to develop reference designs and specifications for new projects. His role is to align cooling development with customer requirements through Apx’s engineering-in-partnership model.

Torres, previously with FläktGroup and Schneider Electric, becomes Business Development Director. Based in France, he will focus on long-term customer relationships across hyperscale, enterprise and co-location operators, with an emphasis on reliability, after-sales support and life cycle performance as the national market continues to expand.

Speaking on behalf of the trio, Stuart said the appointments come at a pivotal moment for the sector, with rising rack densities and AI workloads demanding more tailored, technically robust cooling strategies. He noted that Apx’s collaborative approach, supported by the LFB Group’s engineering facilities, positions the team to help operators anticipate future constraints.

Apx CEO Matt Evans said the new hires reflect the company’s ambition to build a team of specialists with deep mechanical, electrical and project delivery expertise. He added that their combined experience will support the development of agile, practical solutions that address real-world customer challenges and raise standards across the data centre market.

The additions take Apx’s data centre division to 23 employees, with plans to grow the team to 50 by 2027 through roles based across Europe.