Fuji Electric is adapting refrigeration technology originally developed for vending machines to cool AI data centres.
Fuji Electric is adapting refrigeration technology originally developed for vending machines for use in AI data centres. The company says its ejector-based system can reduce energy consumption compared with conventional cooling approaches.
The technology emerged from Japan's long-running focus on energy efficiency and uses waste heat rather than relying entirely on conventional compressor systems.
Fuji Electric sees data centres as a growth market and is targeting more than 10 billion yen in annual sales from the technology by 2030.
The commercial challenge is whether the technology can compete with established cooling systems and fit into facilities already being planned.
The development shows how Japanese industrial companies are repurposing mature technologies for the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure market.
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- Fuji Electric expects AI infrastructure to become a significant growth market.
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