From March 4–5, Data Centre World 2026 was held at ExCeL London, one of Europe’s leading events for the data center industry. At the exhibition, Guangdong Shenling Environmental Systems Co., Ltd. presented its portfolio of thermal management products and solutions for data centers, centered on the theme of “restructuring data center infrastructure in the AI era.”

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Rising Power Density Drives a New Cooling Architecture

Europe’s data center sector is currently facing a convergence of two major pressures. On one hand, the large-scale deployment of AI training clusters is driving a continuous increase in rack power density. On the other, carbon neutrality targets are imposing stricter constraints on overall energy consumption. Under high-power-density conditions, traditional air-cooling architectures are increasingly constrained by both efficiency and space, while liquid cooling is transitioning from a forward-looking concept toward broader commercial adoption.

In response to this trend, Shenling introduced its prefabricated hybrid liquid-air cooling system, forming a complete liquid cooling architecture that integrates the cooling source, primary distribution loop, and secondary terminal applications. The solution enables coordinated thermal management from cooling generation through to terminal heat exchange and can support a range of scenarios including core AI training clusters, hybrid cooling facilities, and distributed computing nodes.

Through flexible adjustment of the air-to-liquid cooling ratio and coordinated use of natural cooling resources, the architecture maintains stable and efficient operation under varying load conditions and environmental scenarios. It also reserves ample cooling capacity, supporting design power densities exceeding 180 kW per rack, providing reliable thermal management for high-density GPU cluster deployments.

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Prefabricated Engineering for Greater Delivery Certainty

Data center construction in Europe has long been challenged by fragmented supply chains, high on-site construction costs, and uncertainties in delivery timelines. Shenling’s modular, factory-prefabricated approach transforms a traditionally construction-led model into a productized delivery model based on standardized manufacturing.

In this approach, key components are prefabricated and tested at the factory before shipment, while on-site work is limited to standardized connections and commissioning.

By shifting quality control to the manufacturing stage, the approach significantly reduces the impact of on-site variables on project quality. For projects of comparable scale, the overall delivery cycle can be shortened by approximately 50%, substantially improving deployment certainty and responsiveness for computing infrastructure.

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Diverse Cooling Sources for Complex Retrofit Scenarios

At the exhibition, Shenling also presented multiple cooling-source solutions, including the prefabricated chiller plant and the free-cooling chiller. The free-cooling chiller, designed as an independently installed outdoor cooling unit, is particularly suitable for data center projects where cooling tower installation is constrained or retrofit conditions are complex.

With a zoned hydraulic design, the unit can simultaneously meet the cooling requirements of both cold-plate liquid cooling and traditional precision air conditioning. This unified cooling architecture enables air-cooling and liquid-cooling pathways to operate in parallel, further strengthening Shenling’s end-to-end product portfolio from cooling source to terminal applications.

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As increasing computing density and tightening energy constraints become structural challenges for the global data center industry, Shenling continues to respond through ongoing technological innovation. Looking ahead, the company will leverage its end-to-end integration capabilities and work closely with global partners to advance greener computing infrastructure, providing stable support for the long-term development of the digital economy.