Pranav Hotkar
Paris, October 29, 2025- Valeo is bringing its automotive-grade thermal management expertise into the data centre world with a new set of smart cooling solutions that it will showcase at Data Centre World Paris 2025, set to take place on November 5-6 at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles.
The French technology company said that as digital infrastructure demands and AI compute loads escalate, data centres increasingly face the same heat- and energy-management challenges that Valeo has long addressed in vehicles. By adapting that know-how to data-centre environments, Valeo says it can help operators improve both performance and sustainability.
Among the innovations slated for display is an aluminium rear-door heat exchanger that Valeo claims marks the industry’s next step beyond copper-based units, delivering 30% higher heat-capture efficiency and weighing 80% less. The press release says the design allows integration into existing rack infrastructure for operators seeking densified deployment.
Complementing that, Valeo will show a two-phase direct-to-chip liquid-cooling Cooling Distribution Unit (CDU) that uses dielectric fluids rather than water, specifically for high-power CPUs and GPUs. Valeo argues this CDU delivers both cooling efficiency and the potential for heat reuse in facility water loops, moving toward greener thermal-design models.
For smaller or edge sites, Valeo has developed an immersive cooling unit rated for roughly 1 kW of IT load in 50° C ambient temperatures without requiring any facility water-supply infrastructure. This product targets modular, outdoor or compact data-centre deployments where space and utilities are constrained.
Valeo’s shift to data-centre cooling comes at a time when operators are racing to keep up with AI-driven rack-power growth, densification and elevated cooling demands. By linking vehicle-thermal-management heritage with data-centre applications, Valeo is positioning itself as a cross-industry solution provider rather than a traditional auto-supplier alone. The company says its solutions address both Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) and Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) metrics, tying into operator goals for efficiency and sustainability.
While the announcement lays out performance claims and the exhibition schedule, real-world deployment details such as customer names, ROI figures or ship dates were not disclosed in the press release. Observers will be watching for subsequent case studies, pilot installations and independent validation of the efficiency metrics Valeo cites. The next major data-centre trade-show exposure and customer rollout communications should reveal how the technology performs in live environments.
