Pranav Hotkar
Charlotte, United States - February 26, 2026 - Carrier Global Corporation today unveiled its AquaEdge® 30CF air-cooled centrifugal chiller, a new cooling solution designed to help data center operators maintain continuous thermal performance and protect uptime under demanding real-world conditions as AI and high-performance computing workloads intensify.
The introduction of the 30CF model expands Carrier’s QuantumLeap™ integrated thermal management portfolio, positioning the company to deliver cooling systems that can operate reliably across a wide range of ambient conditions while responding quickly to unexpected events such as grid disturbances or extreme weather.
“As data centers evolve, operators need confidence that their cooling systems will perform when it matters most,” said Christian Senu, Vice President of Data Centers at Carrier. “The AquaEdge® 30CF was engineered with our customers in mind to protect uptime through reliable operation across a range of ambient conditions and respond quickly if the unexpected occurs.”
The AquaEdge® 30CF supports continuous operation in ambient temperatures from −20 °F to 140 °F, enabling facilities to sustain cooling continuity during extreme heat, grid events, and other conditions that can stress conventional chillers. In the event of a power interruption, Carrier says the unit can restore 100 % cooling capacity in under three minutes, providing an added layer of protection for mission-critical infrastructure.
Depending on ambient conditions, the chiller can deliver more than 3 megawatts of cooling capacity, making it suitable for large data center environments and other high-density computing facilities. The 30CF is built on Carrier’s proprietary two-stage, back-to-back centrifugal compressor with magnetic bearing technology, an oil-free architecture that supports high efficiency, reduced maintenance, and long-term reliability.
Carrier’s QuantumLeap approach treats cooling as an integrated system rather than a collection of standalone units, linking equipment, controls, and services across facilities to improve operational efficiency and scalability as compute demand grows. This systemic view supports the company’s broader efforts to help customers scale data center infrastructure while reducing lifecycle risks and deployment complexity.
The new chiller is backed by Carrier’s expanded global manufacturing capacity, which the company says will help customers deploy advanced cooling solutions more quickly while reducing supply chain and deployment risk for large infrastructure projects.
