The Blaine site began operating in early 2026 and doubled nVent’s liquid-cooling manufacturing capacity as AI infrastructure drives faster adoption of thermal management systems.
nVent Electric is operating a 117,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Blaine, Minnesota, dedicated entirely to liquid cooling systems for data centers, a move the company said doubled its liquid-cooling production capacity by the end of April 2026. The facility was announced on Sept. 3, 2025, began operations in early 2026 and marked nVent’s second expansion in two years. The expansion comes as AI servers push data center heat loads higher, particularly with platforms such as NVIDIA’s Blackwell, making liquid cooling more important for dense computing environments. Liquid cooling penetration in data centers is projected to rise from about 10% in 2024 to more than 20% by 2025, while the data center liquid cooling market is forecast to grow from $4.07 billion in 2026 to $27.65 billion by 2033, implying a 31.5% compound annual growth rate. nVent said its portfolio includes coolant distribution units, rear-door heat exchangers, rack manifolds and high-density power solutions. The company said it has deployed more than 2 gigawatts of liquid cooling capacity worldwide and has more than 15 years of experience in the segment. In June 2026, nVent was included in a collaborative reference architecture with Siemens for NVIDIA AI data centers, including the DSX Vera Rubin platform. The buildout also underscores the overlap between AI infrastructure and bitcoin mining, where operators including Core Scientific, Hut 8 and IREN have shifted parts of their infrastructure toward high-performance computing and AI hosting because both businesses face similar cooling demands from dense compute loads.