SUNNYVALE, United States; NORDBORG, Denmark, 24 January 2024: Danfoss announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Google, to make use of the latest advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and promote energy-efficient solutions in data centres.
Making the announcement through a Press release, Danfoss said that under the partnership, it will use Google Cloud’s generative AI capabilities to optimise the customer experience, streamline internal work processes and improve productivity across the organisation. For instance, Danfoss said that generative AI could collect and surface information, automate knowledge, generate product descriptions, and create solutions with chatbots in e-commerce.
Ziad Al Bawaliz, Regional President, Danfoss Turkey, Middle East and Africa, said, “Data Centres play a pivotal role in achieving regional decarbonisation goals, and AI technology can play a pivotal role in accelerating the process.”

Danfoss said it is working with Google to implement sustainable cooling systems for data centres and to design systems that reuse the excess heat produced by data centres. Danfoss Turbocor® compressors, the company said, provide highly reliable, highly efficient solutions when expertly applied by OEM partners and are being installed by Google to improve energy efficiency and decarbonise heating and cooling systems in data centres.

Meanwhile, Danfoss said its heat reuse modules would enable Google to capture and reuse heat produced by data centres, providing a renewable energy source to supply heating on-site and neighbouring commercial and residential buildings, communities, and industries that need heat for their processes. Moreover, Danfoss said its expertise in decarbonisation solutions would be used even more to advance data centre sustainability in Europe, North America and beyond.

Danfoss said the new agreement, announced during the AHR Expo in Chicago, USA, builds on an existing collaboration between the two companies, which were among the founders of the Net Zero Innovation Hub in Fredericia, Denmark, announced in September 2023, where several major players joined forces to accelerate the green transformation of data centres. Danfoss said it is taking a step further with Google by entering into a broader partnership.

Jürgen Fischer, President, Danfoss Climate Solutions, said: “At Danfoss, we want to revolutionise how we build and decarbonise data centres with our customers. When we partner up across industries, like with Google, we accelerate this development towards building better and more sustainable data centres – using technologies available today.”

J.P. Clausen, Vice President, Data Centre Innovation, Google, said: “This is a great example of a partnership utilising each other’s strengths and using technology to optimise the customer experience, increase productivity and reach sustainability goals. Danfoss is a leader in energy efficiency, and these solutions help support Google’s 2030 goal of running our data centres on carbon-free energy 24/7. We are happy to deliver AI innovation through Google Cloud, enabling businesses like Danfoss to operate in new and smarter ways.”