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Airclima has completed an expansion of eleven large cold stores for Cuppen Logistics, bringing the company's total to 67 facilities with around 40,000 pallet spaces. The new stores use CO₂ refrigeration with a combined cooling capacity of approximately 750 kW, designed for precise storage of strawberry and raspberry planting stock at −1 to −2 °C.
Schneider Electric has announced the Motivair WCDU coolant distribution unit, which bridges Fan Wall air-cooling systems with direct liquid cooling (DLC) in AI data centers. A single unit delivers up to 3.5 MW of cooling capacity, while a group configuration of up to 20 units covers 30–40 MW of thermal load.
Since 2013, Peter Riedel GmbH has used Daikin refrigeration systems to cool the in-run surfaces of ski jumping complexes. The cooling capacity of the units is 16–25 kW, and operating parameters are adjusted remotely.
Cooling towers reject excess heat through evaporative water cooling — a principle used in industry for over 100 years. The review covers construction and operating cycle, four main types by air delivery method, key parameters (approximately 1% evaporation per 7 °C of cooling), and Legionella protection measures, including mandatory drain eliminator replacement per UNE 100030/2017.
An evaporative condensator uses water evaporation to lower the condensation temperature in industrial refrigeration circuits, reducing energy consumption by more than 10% compared to air-cooled systems. The article covers the working principle, performance factors, and key criteria for selecting this equipment.
In October 2026, a domestic helium compressor unit for superfluid cooling at 2 K passed specialized low-temperature performance tests. The equipment was developed by Binlun Huanjing (Moon-Tech) on the basis of more than a decade of experience in ultra-low-temperature compressors and is applied in large scientific installations and controlled fusion projects.
Arctic presents its evaporative cooling range — cooling pads, ducted coolers, and indirect-direct evaporative coolers — as a response to the common practice of sizing industrial cooling for average conditions rather than actual operational loads. The three product types differ in humidity impact, air-volume capacity, and installation complexity, and the company frames selection around three practical questions.
At the DCD Connect Brasil conference in São Paulo, Midea presented the Magnetic CDU — a unit integrating a magnetic levitation compressor, cooling source, and heat distribution system in a single enclosure. The company states the solution reduces delivery and installation time by more than 50% and is compatible with dry cooler systems.
Europastry will open a purpose-built 7,403 m² frozen storage facility at -22°C at Goodman's Barcelona City Hub in 2027. The box-in-box cold rooms and a ~1,000 kWp rooftop PV system form part of a €123 million redevelopment of the former Nissan site in Zona Franca.
Catalytic Generators is launching a wireless generation of SmartRipe, its connected ethylene monitoring and control platform, that gives commercial fruit ripeners real-time remote visibility of generator status, Ethy-Gen II reservoir levels, and ethylene conversion rates via a smartphone or web interface. The system uses sub-GHz LoRa technology to operate reliably in ripening-room environments and is scheduled for worldwide availability in early 2027.
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