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News<br />
Modine Launches U.S. Chiller<br />
Production With Corscale Data Centers<br />
RACINE, Wis. /PRNewswire/ — Modine Manufacturing Company,<br />
a diversified global leader in thermal management<br />
technology and solutions, recently announced that it has<br />
commenced full scale production of chillers for the data<br />
center market at their new production facility in Rockbridge,<br />
Virginia, and further confirmed a significant order with data<br />
center giant Corscale, with plans for further business in the<br />
coming months.<br />
Airedale by Modine is Modine’s data center cooling brand.<br />
Headquartered in Leeds, U.K., and with facilities in Consett<br />
(U.K.), Guadalajara (Spain), Dubai (U.A.E.), Rockbridge, Va.<br />
(U.S.) and Grenada, Mich. (U.S.), Airedale by Modine products<br />
provide energy- and water-efficient cooling solutions for<br />
a data center market that is expanding to meet the demands<br />
of a planet increasingly reliant on data.<br />
With Airedale by Modine cooling solutions set to be installed<br />
at Corscale’s Gainesville Crossing Data Campus, the Company<br />
has secured a healthy pipeline for its OptiChill free-cooling<br />
chillers, AireWall fan walls and SmartCool ONE computer<br />
room air handling units.<br />
Corscale, the exclusive data center platform of Patrinely<br />
Group, is focused on delivering sustainability at scale for<br />
hyperscale operators and enterprise clients. Following a substantial<br />
period of consultation, Corscale appointed Modine<br />
due to its history of groundbreaking, free-cooling technology<br />
paired with its in-depth knowledge and understanding of<br />
the data center industry.<br />
Having worked closely with engineers from Corscale, Modine<br />
has developed a specialized data center chiller based on their<br />
existing OptiChill range. The Corscale chiller, with enhanced<br />
free cooling, has been designed to meet North American<br />
safety standards, using American materials and components,<br />
to offer a world-class energy efficient solution. Engineering<br />
specialists at the chiller plant in Virginia have worked with<br />
their colleagues at Modine’s center of excellence in Leeds,<br />
U.K., to deliver a cooling solution that delivers on performance<br />
while operating at higher water temperatures and<br />
fluid temperature differentials than traditional offerings,<br />
enhancing energy efficiency and free-cooling potential.<br />
Prior to the commencement of site deliveries, the team from<br />
Corscale will be invited to a witness test at Modine’s brand<br />
new state-of-the-art laboratories in Rockbridge, Va., where<br />
the units will be put through their paces under various<br />
conditions and tested at different heat loads, simulating the<br />
environment and conditions they will be operational under.<br />
The test center at Rockbridge is capable of testing a complete<br />
range of air conditioning equipment up to 2.2MW —<br />
expanding to 5MW in future for water-cooled chillers — the<br />
climate temperature being fully controllable anywhere from<br />
44 | Chief Engineer<br />
Modine Manufacturing Company has commenced full-scale production<br />
of data center chillers, confirming a sizable order with data center giant<br />
Corscale, with growth expected on the near horizon. (Photo: Modine Manufacturing<br />
Co.)<br />
59°F to 126°F.<br />
Chiller<br />
The new Corscale chiller operates using twin screw compressors,<br />
and has a number of special features included to<br />
enhance efficiency and performance, including:<br />
• High-capacity twin-screw compressors offer reliability and<br />
flexibility, with staged capacity control<br />
• High water temperatures to suit modern data center designs<br />
that prioritize sustainability<br />
• Enhanced controls including fast-start, input power limiting<br />
and intelligent management of compressors, refrigerant<br />
and pumps<br />
• An on-board variable speed pump to precisely match<br />
cooling demand, reducing waste energy expenditure while<br />
maintaining water-side temperature differential and saving<br />
on space and electrical distribution requirements<br />
• Optimized economizers to provide unmatched free cooling<br />
potential<br />
• One-hundred-percent contained Glycol loop to isolate the<br />
economizer from the cooling loop and increase efficiency<br />
of the Airwall units<br />
• Enhanced controls platform including redundancy backup<br />
and fast-start mode, to minimize the risk of disruption in<br />
the event of mechanical breakdown<br />
• On-board active harmonic filtration, ensuring a clean power<br />
supply to the data center, while saving on external plant<br />
requirements.<br />
AireWall<br />
AireWall is a low energy cooling solution for mission-critical<br />
environments. This range of computer room air handlers,<br />
which doesn’t require a raised floor, has been specially<br />
designed for low velocity air cooling and suits high-density<br />
data center applications with hot-aisle containment. The<br />
units are available in a 4-, 6- or 8-fan configuration, and have
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