AIR and LG Electronics announce a supply agreement to advance AI data-center cooling solutions across North America.

LG Electronics USA has signed a major supply agreement with AIR Control Concepts (AIR), the largest global platform of leading HVAC, electrical, service, and controls companies, to provide advanced chillers for AI data centers across the United States and Canada. The long-term contract establishes LG as a core infrastructure partner for AIR's hyperscale projects and accelerates LG's expansion into the global AI data center cooling market.

Under the agreement, LG will supply advanced chillers supporting large-scale AI data center projects exceeding 5GW of capacity in North America. AIR oversees mega-scale infrastructure projects across major North American data center hubs, serving leading global data center operators.

LG's Air-Cooled Centrifugal Chiller designed for AI data centers incorporates refrigerant free-cooling technology, using cool outdoor air to lower the compressor cooling load. According to LG's internal simulation, refrigerant free-cooling can consume approximately 30 percent less energy annually than waterside free-cooling.

The global AI data center market presents significant growth opportunities. According to Fortune Business Insights, the market is expected to grow by approximately 26 percent annually, reaching $133.5 billion by 2034. In its second-quarter 2026 earnings report, LG highlighted that first-half orders for data center cooling solutions exceeded $428 million, with the company expecting orders to reach several billion dollars by year-end. LG expects to achieve its 2027 chiller business revenue target of approximately $680 million ahead of schedule.

"This agreement reflects the confidence data center customers place in AIR to deliver mission-critical infrastructure at a scale and pace the industry has never seen before," said Brad Hobbs, Chief Executive Officer of AIR Control Concepts. "LG's high-efficiency chiller technology gives us a proven platform we can deploy with confidence across our AI data center portfolio."

"As heat management in AI data centers emerges as a major global priority, LG aims to be a major player in the global AIDC cooling market," said James Lee, president of the LG Electronics ES Company. "We will achieve this through our differentiated technology, including our high-efficiency chillers, and our rapidly expanding experience in supplying leading big tech companies."

"We're excited to deepen our partnership with LG at exactly the moment our industry needs it most," added Hayden Bland, President of AIR Control Concepts. "Data center operators are looking for partners who can deliver mission-critical reliability, capacity and certainty at scale. Together with LG, we're building the technology, manufacturing capacity and support infrastructure to meet that need."

Don Kwack, CEO of LG Electronics North America, said: "Data center cooling represents a key pillar of LG's global growth strategy, and this major supply agreement with AIR marks an inflection point for LG's North American chiller business. This alliance leverages LG's proven cooling innovations and AIR's strong position with U.S. data center developers at a critical time for reliable AI infrastructure expansion."

LG's expansion in AI data center cooling draws on six decades of HVAC engineering experience in high-reliability environments including nuclear power plants and large hospitals. The company is expanding its global footprint with key data center projects in the Middle East and Indonesia.