LG and AIR sign a chiller agreement tied to more than 5 GW of AI projects
What happened
LG Electronics USA and AIR Control Concepts say they signed a long-term agreement for LG to supply advanced chillers for AI-data-center projects in the United States and Canada whose combined capacity exceeds 5 gigawatts.
What the agreement establishes
The companies describe a multiyear supply program under which LG will provide chillers to AIR, an HVAC, electrical, controls and service platform. They say the equipment will support North American AI-data-center projects with more than 5 gigawatts of aggregate capacity. That is a portfolio claim from the suppliers; the release does not identify the sites, operators or how the 5-gigawatt total was calculated.
The announcement also omits the contract value, minimum purchase volume, number of chillers and delivery schedule. It therefore establishes a commercial supplier relationship, not that 5 gigawatts of new capacity has entered construction or operation.
Where the chiller fits
Chillers move heat out of a liquid cooling loop so the same coolant can return to server equipment. LG highlights an air-cooled centrifugal design with refrigerant free cooling, which uses favorable outdoor conditions to reduce compressor work. The concept can lower cooling energy when weather allows; results depend on climate, load and the rest of the mechanical system.
LG says an internal simulation of one 1,750-kilowatt cooling unit under Seoul-area weather found annual energy use about 30% lower than a waterside free-cooling comparison. That is a modeled company result for a specified unit and climate, not measured performance from the unnamed North American projects.
What to watch next
This agreement follows LG's separate plan for a 350,000-square-foot Virginia chiller factory targeted to begin production in the first half of 2027. Together, the announcements connect planned local manufacturing with a potential route to customers, but neither discloses factory output or proves delivery at a particular campus.
The useful next milestones are named projects, firm equipment quantities, factory production and commissioned cooling systems. Until those appear, the 5-gigawatt figure is best treated as the scale of the project portfolio the suppliers say the agreement may support—not operating data-center capacity.
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