Duos Technologies Group has selected DDC Solutions, part of the Daikin Applied group, to cool its Columbus, Georgia data centre campus.
Duos Edge AI, a subsidiary of Duos Technologies Group, has selected DDC's rack containment units to cool and protect its high-density GPU infrastructure at the campus.
The agreement reflects a broader shift in where high-density AI infrastructure is being deployed.
As GPU workloads move beyond hyperscale campuses into distributed, edge-based sites, operators are increasingly running dense compute in facilities that weren't originally designed around that density — putting new pressure on thermal management in particular, since edge sites typically have less built-in cooling infrastructure and less room to add it than a traditional data centre.
Rack-level containment addresses that gap directly, managing heat and protecting hardware at the source without requiring the facility itself to be rebuilt around it.
DDC's S-Series rack containment units provide sealed physical containment at the rack level, using facility-supplied chilled water and power to manage airside thermal load for GPU racks.
The units' NEMA 3R-rated enclosure protects hardware from contamination and unauthorised access, while integrated rack-level fire suppression detects and contains thermal events before they can propagate to adjacent equipment.
The modular design scales up or down with a site's footprint and adapts to a range of GPU platforms and densities, without requiring a custom build for each deployment — a fit for the compact, fast-turn environments Duos Edge AI operates in.
DDC Solutions CEO, Keith Markley, said edge environments need cooling that can go in fast and adapt just as fast as the hardware does.
“That's one use-case DDC is built for — a modular containment system that drops into a site and flexes across GPU platforms, so Duos Edge AI isn't locked into one configuration as deployments evolve and customer requirements change,” Markley said.
Duos Technologies Group CEO, Doug Recker, said Duos Edge AI has built its platform around bringing high-density compute capacity online quickly for its customers, with a track record of standing up edge data centres in as little as 90 days.
DDC's rack containment units are built to rapidly bring integrated cooling and asset protection to any new AI infrastructure project, without slowing down deployment.
“As we bring additional AI infrastructure capacity online at our Columbus campus, protecting that hardware matters as much as the power and space itself,” Recker said.
“DDC's rack containment gives us that protection without slowing down how fast we can get capacity into production for our customers."
DUO’s data centre facility is scaling up to 20 megawatts (MW) by the end of 2026.