LG Electronics has joined hands with Saudi HVAC major Shaker and Datavolt, a global data infrastructure provider, to deploy state-of-the-art cooling solutions at the artificial intelligence data centre within Oxagon, the reimagined industrial city on the Red Sea within Saudi Arabia’s futuristic city NEOM.

Datavolt, headquartered in Saudi Arabia with offices in the US, Uzbekistan, India and UAE, is a major developer of hyperscale data centres that incorporate renewable energy and alternative fuels. Its flagship project in Oxagon is planned as one of the largest AI data centres in the region.

LG Electronics (LG) CEO William Cho signed an MoU with Abdulelah Abunayyan, the Chairman of Shaker Group, the manufacturer and sole distributor of LG Air Conditioners, and Rajit Nanda, CEO of Datavolt under which LG will supply advanced thermal management solutions for next-generation data centres being developed by Datavolt.

“We are building a new generation of net-zero, AI-ready data centres designed for performance, scale and sustainability,” said Nanda.  “Partnering with LG allows us to integrate world-class cooling technologies that are critical to enabling the digital transformation of governments and enterprises across the Kingdom of Saudi and beyond.”

Mohammed Ibrahim Abunayyan, the CEO of Shaker Group, said its 30-year partnership with LG has been instrumental in shaping the HVAC market in Saudi Arabia, and this collaboration marks another step forward in that journey.

“By joining forces with LG and Datavolt, we are driving innovation in advanced, energy-efficient cooling solutions and supporting the kingdom’s ambition to become a global technology hub,” he noted.

By integrating large-scale chillers with coolant distribution units, LG is positioning AI data centre thermal management as a new growth engine within its HVAC business.