Building on its strong market track record, Daikin Applied will showcase solutions designed to meet the evolving needs of colocation providers and hyperscalers. Visitors to the stand will be able to engage directly with Daikin’s data centre specialists and explore how the company supports projects from early design and engineering through to commissioning, operation and long-term service.

Data Centre World London is a key meeting point for operators and suppliers seeking practical, future-proof approaches to balancing performance, reliability and sustainability. Daikin’s presence underscores its commitment to helping customers meet rising capacity demands, tighter energy efficiency targets, and increasingly complex data centre designs.

Addressing the challenges of data centre growth

Rapid expansion across the data centre sector is creating a number of structural challenges for both colocation operators and hyperscalers. Skills shortages, particularly in junior and mid-level operational roles, continue to place pressure on existing teams and increase operational risk.

At the same time, design and planning requirements are becoming more complex. Sustainability targets are rising, driven by regulation and corporate ESG commitments, while cost control remains critical in a highly competitive market. Aligning energy efficiency, carbon reduction and resilience with capital and operational expenditure is increasingly challenging as power densities rise and new cooling architectures emerge.

Project delivery also depends heavily on the reliability and coordination of partners across the lifecycle. Tight schedules, complex supply chains and multiple stakeholders mean that inconsistent quality or long lead times can significantly affect both delivery and long-term performance. Together, these factors highlight the need for trusted technology partners that provide consistent support throughout the entire data centre lifecycle.

A trusted partner for mission-critical environments

Daikin supports data centre operators through a combination of global scale, local execution and deep technical expertise. Its integrated approach spans early concept design, installation, commissioning and ongoing maintenance, helping to reduce project complexity while supporting long-term reliability.

To strengthen its focus on the sector, Daikin has established a dedicated data centre organisation that brings together specialist engineering, application, and project management expertise. This enables faster response to customer requirements and the delivery of solutions tailored to specific data centre designs.

From a technology perspective, Daikin provides support across all major cooling architectures, from proven air-cooling solutions to future-ready technologies such as liquid cooling and integrated heat recovery. The company’s experience is reflected in major reference projects across Europe, including the Green Mountain data centre in Norway. These projects are supported by strong European manufacturing capabilities, including production of chillers, heat pumps, compressors, air handling units and CRAH systems in Italy and the UK.

Daikin’s data centre portfolio

At Data Centre World London 2026, Daikin will present an overview of its data centre portfolio, covering cooling solutions for a wide range of applications and design philosophies. A key feature of the stand will be a mock-up of the new Pro-W Slim fan array unit, designed to deliver high efficiency, scalability, and operational flexibility. The unit supports modular design concepts and is optimised for reliability, ease of maintenance and precise airflow control.

Daikin will also present its new Coolant Distribution Unit (CDU), designed to support liquid-cooled architectures and high-density applications, reflecting the company’s ongoing investment in future-proof data centre technologies.

Alongside these innovations, Daikin’s portfolio includes air- and water-cooled chillers, heat pumps, air handling units, CRAH systems, and integrated control solutions. Combined with specialist engineering support and lifecycle services, Daikin delivers tailored, end-to-end cooling solutions for data centres of all sizes and complexity levels.