LG Electronics' North American branch has reached a long-term supply agreement with HVAC services company AIR Control Concepts for advanced chillers for AI data centers totaling over 5GW, accelerating LG's push into the global AIDC cooling market.
At a Microsoft industry summit in Seoul's Gangnam District, LG Electronics showcased a smart-home AI voice assistant developed with Microsoft. It runs on the ThinQ ON smart home hub, uses speech-to-speech agent technology with Microsoft Voice Live, supports barge-in, and is planned for release in 2026, with existing users receiving the update and use cases expanding to B2B spaces like hotels, offices and retail stores.
On September 22, LG Electronics announced that its 2.5MW coolant distribution unit (CDU) received NVIDIA DSX Ready certification, granting technical access to NVIDIA's AI factory-related projects. Only three 2.5MW-class CDUs worldwide have passed the certification. LG is expanding liquid cooling products such as chillers and cold plates around the CDU, and its Korean-listed shares rose nearly 7% after the announcement.
LG Electronics announced a new air-cooled oil-free variable-speed turbine chiller optimized for AI data centers, featuring self-developed oil-free magnetic bearings and natural refrigerant pre-cooling technology, claiming a 30% reduction in annual power consumption, along with machine learning-based anomaly detection and 180-second ultra-fast restart capability.