Johnson Controls introduces scalable liquid cooling solution for high-density data centers

The Silent-Aire CDUs offer scalable cooling from 500kW to 10MW for high-density data centres in Asia Pacific

Johnson Controls launched its Silent-Aire Coolant Distribution platform (CDU) at Data Centre World Asia 2025 in Singapore. The scalable liquid cooling solution expands Johnson Controls thermal management portfolio to meet the growing demands of high-density data centers, especially in the APAC region.

According to Ali Badreddine, vice president, Data Centre Solutions and Project Delivery, Asia Pacific, Johnson Controls, the increasing demand for AI in seeing chips generating unprecedented head, making cooling innovation a critical priority in data centers.

“The launch of this expanded series of CDU technology marks a pivotal step in our commitment to advance data center cooling. By collaborating with leading ecosystem players in the hyperscale, colocation and semiconductor industry, we’ve engineered an innovative and scalable platform that meets the demands of next-generation AI training and inference hardware,” said Badreddine.

With the capability of offering scalable cooling capacities ranging from 500kW to over 10MW, the CDU comes with flexible configurations that suit any data center deployment. The units can be installed in-row or along the whitespace perimeter, supporting diverse liquid-cooling and hybrid designs. This versatility ensures precise, efficient cooling across a spectrum of high-performance environments, from edge-based inference to full-scale AI factories.

To maximize uptime, efficiency and space constraints, the system offers built-in component redundancy with up to three heat exchangers and three pumps in one system, an innovation that minimizes the need for additional units, saving valuable space and supporting the “five nines” uptime needs of data center professionals.

Further bolstering system performance, advanced control capabilities enable each unit to operate independently or in unison, automatically adapting to rapid fluctuations in cooling demand or component failures without manual intervention. Together, these features represent a significant advantage over other options and the perfect solution in land-constrained markets like Singapore.

Building on Johnson Controls’ broad portfolio of existing Silent-Aire, York and M&M Carnot thermal management products that serve data centres worldwide, by adopting the solution, owners and operators can significantly improve total facility efficiency through the company’s innovation, scalability and consistency.

According to statistics by Johnson Controls, since 2020, large data centers have typically had to divert more than 30% of their energy consumption to cooling and other non-IT functions. Johnson Controls’ solutions can reduce non-IT energy consumption by nearly 50% even in the Asia Pacific data center hubs with the warmest climates.

Johnson Controls manufactures the Silent-Aire CDUs at facilities across Asia Pacific, North America and Europe. With more than 1.8 million square feet of production floorspace, this global footprint helps to increase capacity needed to meet the accelerated pace of data center development.

In 2025, Johnson Controls was named a top thermal management provider for data centers by ABI Research, recognizing its excellence in innovation, implementation and customer-centric approach as well as named to the Fortune Change the World list for its YORK YVAM Air-Cooled Magnetic Bearing chiller for its market-leading capabilities that reduce power consumption by 40%, consume zero on-site water and operate at low noise levels, demonstrating how advanced technology can drive sustainability and deliver meaningful societal benefits.