Modine's Airedale starts producing 2 MW and 3 MW data-centre chillers in Texas

Modine said on 11 November 2026 that its Airedale brand has started commercial production of data-centre chillers at a new factory in Grand Prairie, Texas. The company says the 682,000 sq ft plant was built specifically to make Airedale's 2 MW and 3 MW chillers, which include free cooling.

According to Modine, the first production line went into operation this month. The plant works a single shift for now, and the company plans to add shifts step by step until it runs three. It aims to have four 2 MW lines running before its current fiscal year ends, a target it says depends on commissioning the equipment, having the workforce ready and other operating factors.

Modine expects Grand Prairie to become Airedale's largest chiller factory anywhere in the world. It says the chillers are aimed at hyperscale cloud companies, colocation operators and AI computing sites with high-density loads.

Neil D. Brinker, Modine's president and chief executive, calls the opening an important milestone in Modine's plan, made public last year, to build up Airedale manufacturing in the U.S. He says building capacity near customers lets the company work with them on engineered cooling.

Modine says Airedale also sells dry coolers, CDUs and control systems for data-centre cooling.