Modine Manufacturing Company, a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, today announced that it has shipped its first chillers for the data center market from their newly repurposed production facility in Rockbridge, Virginia, as part of a previously announced order with data center giant, Corscale.
"We have made a significant investment in our Rockbridge facility in order to bring world-class chillers to the North American data center market," said Eric McGinnis, President, Climate Solutions at Modine. "In line with our strategy to promote businesses with favorable market trends, we can now provide a full range of cooling solutions to our data center customers in this growing market. Just two years ago, we were operating out of a single facility in Leeds, U.K., and we now are producing data center products out of five facilities in North America and Europe. This is providing capacity to support future growth as we continue to build relationships with key global players in the hyperscale, colocation and telecom markets."
Before shipping the chillers, witness testing was completed at the Airedale headquarters in Leeds. In describing the results of this testing, Stuart Kay, Sales Director, Precision/Data Centers at Modine commented, "The unit met or exceeded all of the test criteria. We have designed a chiller tailor made for critical data center environments, which we believe delivers market-leading free cooling performance."
Modine's Rockbridge facility is ideally located to serve the U.S. data center market. Virginia is the largest data center market in the world and is home to more than 20 percent of all known hyperscale data centers worldwide. Modine has created a specialized data center chiller that provides an exceptional level of free cooling and delivers superior performance while using less energy and water. Alongside chillers, Modine will also manufacture computer room air handling units and fan walls in the U.S., offering complete cooling solutions for colocation and hyperscale data center operators.
"Data centers is a target growth market for Modine, and bringing this proven technology from the U.K. to the North American market is a key component to our growth objectives," continued McGinnis. "We anticipate generating more than $100 million of data center revenue in North America next year, with a peak goal of over $250 million over the next five years. The finished facility will include world-class witness testing capabilities that are scheduled to launch later this calendar year. I am grateful to our teams in Leeds and Virginia for providing the support to make this important milestone a reality."
A ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the repurposed facility is scheduled for November 4, 2022, and will be attended by government officials, local dignitaries, plant staff and Modine executive leadership.
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