Johnson Controls launches absorption chiller design guide for AI data centers

Johnson Controls has announced a new Absorption Chiller Reference Design Guide for data center operators to convert waste heat from on-site power generation into productive cooling.

• The guide is intended to reduce cooling-related electric demand by up to 44% and enable up to 97MW of additional AI computing capacity in a 1GW-scale AI Factory without increasing on-site power generation.
• Johnson Controls says the modeled outcome could create up to $18 billion in additional revenue over the life of the facility, with potential results including PUE as low as 1.23, zero on-site water use, and up to 43% lower CO₂ cooling system emissions.
• The company says the modular design scales from 100MW campuses to gigawatt-scale AI Factories and is built on more than 65 years of YORK absorption innovation; a media contact is listed as media@jci.com.