Johnson Controls Webinar: Rethinking AI Data Centre Cooling

Datacentremagazine · Aug 07, 2026 · 570 words · By Saffron Humphreys

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What to know about Johnson Controls Webinar: Rethinking AI Data Centre Cooling

The article summarizes a webinar featuring Johnson Controls' Mihir Nandkeolyar on the challenges of cooling data centers in the era of AI. It discusses the transition toward hybrid cooling systems and the need for integrated planning regarding power, land, and community impact.

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What happened

Johnson Controls Webinar: Rethinking AI Data Centre Cooling AI is putting data centre cooling under pressure from every direction.

Why it matters

As rack densities rise and workloads become more demanding, operators are being pushed to rethink how heat is managed and how existing facilities can keep pace.

Common ground

For operators planning AI infrastructure, thermal management has to be considered alongside power, water, land and the wider demands of the surrounding community.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that The session took place on 28 May 2026?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The session took place on 28 May 2026”

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A single web search result explicitly states that the session 'took place on 28 May 2026'. No other independent sources confirm this specific date.

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web search NEUTRAL — Johnson Controls explores how data centres can adapt cooling strategies and balance infrastructure demands in a webinar hosted by BizClik Studio.The session took place on 28 May 2026 and is now availa…
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/johnson-controls-webinar…

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web search NEUTRAL — The entire sealed data center module may need to be brought to the surface, even if just one computer needs work. Can the ocean sustain AI? The main environmental concern about ocean-based data center…
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-ai-companies-ocean-centers.htm…

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Claim 2: “Combining air and liquid cooling can help operators adapt to changing workloads and power requirements”

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The evidence provided for this claim consists of general definitions of 'hybrid' (education, biology, and cars) and does not mention data centre cooling or the combination of air and liquid cooling.

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web search NEUTRAL — Blended learning, also known as hybrid learning, an educational model where some students attend class in-person, while others join the class virtually from home
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid

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web search NEUTRAL — In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology)

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https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a70290315/how-hybrid-c…

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Claim 3: “AI is driving higher compute density: rising rack densities and power consumption are forcing data centres to rethink thermal management”

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Three independent sources (LinkedIn, a dedicated AI workload report, and Modius, Inc.) all confirm that AI is driving higher rack densities and increasing power consumption/cooling requirements in data centres.

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web search NEUTRAL — AI is pushing data center rack density up to 5x higher. From: 10 kW racks to 50–100+ kW racks That changes everything. Power distribution Cooling systems Facility design AI is not just increasing dema…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/datacenters_ai-workloads-are-…

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web search NEUTRAL — As rack densities increase, so does the complexity of power distribution within data centers. Delivering 100 kilowatts to a single rack requires significantly different infrastructure than delivering …
https://www.datacenters.com/news/ai-workloads-are-increasing…

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web search NEUTRAL — TL;DR. AI workloads are driving unprecedented increases in data center power density, cooling complexity, and operational risk.AI workloads are increasing rack density, power consumption, and cooling …
https://modius.com/blog/unifying-data-center-operations-for-…

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Claim 4: “That was the focus of a recent webinar hosted by BizClik, where Mihir Nandkeolyar, Global Business Development Manager at Johnson Controls, joined host Ella Wilkinson to examine how operators can prepare their infrastructure for the next generation of AI workloads.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant YouTube TV search results. However, Evidence for Claim 1 explicitly mentions a 'Johnson Controls Webinar: Rethinking AI Data Centre Cooling' hosted by 'BizClik Studio'. While this confirms the webinar and the host, it is a single source of confirmation for the specific participants (Mihir Nandkeolyar and Ella Wilkinson).

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