- Silent-Aire
CDU platform offers scalable cooling from 500kW to 10MW for high-density
data centers in India
- Flexible,
space-saving design with built-in redundancy helps achieve maximum
availability and rapid deployment in urban, space-constrained environments
in cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad
- Johnson
Controls full thermal portfolio can cut non-IT energy use by up to 50%,
Mumbai, Nov. 10, 2025 : Johnson Controls, the global leader in smart, safe, healthy, and sustainable
buildings, announced the launch of its Silent-Aire Coolant Distribution
platform expanding its thermal management portfolio to meet the growing demands
of high-density data centers in India. The new CDUs offer scalable
liquid-cooling capacities ranging from 500kW to over 10MW, with flexible
configurations that suit any data center deployment. 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 in India, from edge-based inference
to full-scale AI factories.
To maximise 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 minimises the need for additional units, saving valuable space and supporting 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 Mumbai, Chennai, and Hyderabad, while contributing meaningfully to India’s broader climate goals.
India’s data center capacity is projected to exceed 9,000 MW by 2030. Against this backdrop, the opportunity and requirement for energy efficient technologies is immense.'
“As digital adoption and AI applications grow
exponentially, denser chips are generating unprecedented heat, making cooling
innovation a critical priority.,” said Arun Awasthy, President &
Managing Director, Johnson Controls, India. “Today, advanced cooling has
become as much a sustainability imperative, as it is a performance need. This
new CDU platform brings a flexible, scalable, and intelligent approach to
liquid cooling, and vastly helps facility managers. Moreover, it reflects our
continued commitment to support India’s data center growth while aligning with
its broader net-zero ambitions,” he added.
This launch builds on Johnson Controls’ broad
portfolio of existing Silent-Aire, York and M&M Carnot thermal management
products that serve data centers worldwide. By adopting Johnson Controls’
comprehensive thermal management solutions, owners and operators can
significantly improve total facility efficiency through the company’s
innovation, scalability and consistency. Since 2020, large data centers have
typically had to divert more than 30% of their energy consumption to cooling
and other non-IT functions. With solutions that reduce non-IT energy
consumption by nearly 50%.
Johnson Controls delivers an integrated approach for
data center customers, supporting the full lifecycle of building operations.
From thermal management and building automation to fire protection, physical
security, energy efficiency, and digitally connected services, the company’s
solutions work seamlessly together to enable intelligent, high-performance
environments. This technology is backed by a global network of more than 40,000
field and service technicians, ensuring dependable maintenance, rapid parts
delivery and consistent service worldwide.
Johnson Controls manufactures Silent-Aire CDUs at
facilities across Asia Pacific, North America, and Europe. With over 1.8
million square feet of global production floorspace, this footprint enables the
delivery of consistent, modular solutions that meet global standards of
reliability and quality. As data center requirements evolve, this allows
customers to benefit from flexible, scalable offerings that adapt seamlessly to
regional requirements while maintaining the same high levels of performance,
service and design integrity across geographies.
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.
About Johnson Controls:
At Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI), we transform the environments where people
live, work, learn, and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy, and
sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings
to serve people, places, and the planet.
Building on a proud history of 140 years of innovation, we deliver the
blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data
centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing, and beyond through OpenBlue, our
comprehensive digital offering.
Today, Johnson Controls offers the world’s largest portfolio of building
technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most
trusted names in the industry.
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