Daikin Acquires DDC Solutions for AI Data Center Cooling

Daikin Industries, Ltd. announced it will acquire Dynamic Data Centers Solutions, Inc. through its wholly-owned subsidiary Daikin Applied Americas, with the acquisition scheduled to be finalized by late August 2025.

• Main action: Daikin will acquire DDC Solutions (headquartered in San Diego, established 2019, CEO Keith Markley) via Daikin Applied Americas (DAA) to integrate server rack-level individual air conditioning and a proprietary equipment management system into DAA’s portfolio; Daikin plans to accelerate global expansion starting in North America and will announce further details after closing (planned by late August 2025).
• Background/details: DDC Solutions provides AI-compatible rack cooling equipment, instrumentation, and maintenance services and offers real-time analysis and automatic control to manage fluctuating power consumption and heat generation at the rack level, addressing energy-efficiency and confined-space cooling needs for AI learning and inference data centers.