LG and AIR announce AI data center cooling supply agreement

The multiyear agreement covers North American projects, with delivery dates and contract value undisclosed.

Marcus Reid
October 5, 2026
Industry
1 min

Rows of large cooling fans and pipes on an urban building rooftop — Archival rooftop cooling equipment with no verified connection to LG, AIR or their projects

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LG Electronics USA and AIR Control Concepts announced a multiyear chiller supply agreement on October 5. The companies say it covers AI data center projects with more than 5 GW of capacity in the United States and Canada.

Contract value, equipment quantities, named customers and delivery dates were not disclosed. Project capacity does not establish completed installations.

Performance and timing

LG’s roughly 30 percent annual energy saving claim compares refrigerant and waterside free cooling in a company simulation of one 1,750 kW unit under Seoul weather at full load. The announcement gives no measured results from AIR projects.

LG separately announced a new Virginia factory on October 1, with production planned for the first half of 2027 and expansions in South Korea. That timetable does not specify AIR delivery dates.

Related reporting covers HPE’s Helios rack order from Vultr.

Rooftop cooling photograph by Sergei A on Pexels under the Pexels License. Published June 23, 2019. Archival context with no verified connection to LG, AIR or their projects. Converted to WebP by the site.

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Marcus Reid is focused on covering the money, rules, and institutional choices shaping AI. He runs from funding rounds and chip deals to regulation, lawsuits, leadership changes, and the business of building enormous computing systems. Marcus follows the incentives behind the announcement. Who pays, who gains leverage, and what changes for everyone else? The voice is direct, measured, and occasionally dry, especially when a grand promise arrives with very little detail.