The Modine group already has established roots in the data centre space and this move comes on the back of record data centre revenues in the UK and Europe through its subsidiary, Airedale International Air Conditioning.

Airedale’s current success is attributable, in part, to its recent engineered solutions framework agreement with CyrusOne, a global data centre provider headquartered in the US. Under this agreement, Airedale provides CyrusOne indoor and outdoor cooling solutions for its data centre sites throughout Europe. In addition, they supply exact, customer-centric thermal management solutions to other leading data centre co-location and digital providers in the UK, Europe and the Americas.

“We are in the midst of a  new industrial revolution. Digitalisation is driving how we live, how we work and how we connect,” said Modine vice president Matt McBurney. “In order to keep up with our ever-increasing reliance on digital technologies, the data centre industry is growing exponentially. In support of this growth, the HVAC industry must step up to the plate with advanced technologies for cooling of servers critical to the operation of data centre facilities.”

“With growth comes responsibility. As data centres consume an increasing share of natural resources, the data centre providers must work together with their supply chain to minimise impact on the environment without compromising on availability,” Mr McBurney continued. “Modine has an exceptional pedigree in this sector and we are putting everything we need in place to develop world-class cooling solutions. We see a real growth opportunity in the North America data centre market.”