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Divcon Controls, a leader in mission-critical Building Management System (BMS) and Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) solutions, announced on July 28, 2025, its pivotal role in developing Aligned Data Centers’ Advanced Cooling Lab in Phoenix, Arizona. This collaboration underscores Divcon’s expertise in creating advanced control systems tailored for liquid-cooled data centers, addressing the thermal demands of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) while prioritizing sustainability.
Divcon Controls supports Aligned Data Centers’ Advanced Cooling Lab in Phoenix.
Focuses on liquid cooling solutions for AI and HPC workloads.
Systems manage fluid dynamics, ensuring efficient thermal transfer.
Enables dynamic adaptation to fluctuating AI-driven IT loads.
Provides predictive analytics for proactive maintenance and uptime.
Promotes sustainability through hybrid cooling and energy efficiency.
The Advanced Cooling Lab, launched by Aligned Data Centers, is a cutting-edge facility dedicated to testing and innovating cooling solutions for GPUs and AI accelerators. Divcon Controls served as the controls vendor, delivering sophisticated systems to manage the complexities of liquid-cooled environments. “As the data center landscape rapidly evolves to accommodate the immense power and cooling requirements of AI and HPC workloads, the complexities of managing mechanical systems in these environments are escalating,” said Kevin Timmons, chief executive officer of Divcon Controls. “Our involvement with Aligned Data Centers’ Advanced Cooling Lab has provided us with invaluable experience at the forefront of liquid cooling technology.”
Divcon’s solutions focus on intelligent management of fluid dynamics, ensuring precise control over coolant flow, temperature, and pressure to optimize thermal transfer and reduce energy consumption. By integrating with mechanical assets like pumps, heat exchangers, and cooling distribution units (CDUs), Divcon’s systems create a unified control layer that enhances resource utilization. This approach supports the high-density computing needs of AI and HPC, minimizing overheating risks and boosting operational efficiency.
Divcon’s control systems dynamically adjust cooling capacity to match fluctuating AI workloads, maintaining optimal conditions while reducing energy use. “Our collaboration with industry leaders like Aligned Data Centers underscores our commitment to innovation and our dedication to solving the most pressing challenges in data center infrastructure,” added Timmons. Additionally, granular visibility and predictive analytics provide operators with real-time insights into system health, enabling proactive maintenance to prevent downtime and extend asset lifecycles.
The Advanced Cooling Lab demonstrates Divcon’s ability to support hybrid cooling environments, seamlessly integrating air and liquid cooling systems within the same data hall. This flexibility allows data centers to transition to liquid cooling without costly retrofits, supporting scalability and sustainability. By leveraging advanced automation and real-time data analysis, Divcon ensures future-proof infrastructure that aligns with environmental responsibility goals.
Divcon Controls’ partnership with Aligned Data Centers positions it at the forefront of the liquid cooling revolution. By delivering intelligent, sustainable control solutions, Divcon empowers data centers to meet the intense demands of AI and HPC workloads, ensuring efficiency, reliability, and a reduced environmental footprint for the next generation of computing infrastructure.
Aligned Data Centers is a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable, and adaptive Scale Data Centers and Build-to-Scale solutions for global hyperscale and enterprise customers. Our intelligent infrastructure allows densification and vertical growth within the same footprint, enabling customers to scale up without disruption, all while maintaining industry-leading Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE). By reducing the energy, water and space needed to operate, our data center solutions, combined with our patented cooling technology, offer businesses a competitive advantage by improving sustainability, reliability, and their bottom line.
Divcon provides innovative and reliable building automation and power monitoring solutions for mission-critical facilities. With a commitment to cutting-edge technology and deep industry expertise, Divcon helps data centers and other high-performance environments achieve optimal efficiency, uptime, and sustainability.
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