Motivair by Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric's liquid cooling arm, selling CDUs from 105 kW to 2.5 MW, ChilledDoor rear-door heat exchangers, cold plates and a 100 kW liquid-to-air unit. Schneider took a 75% controlling stake in February 2025 and holds the right to buy the remaining 25% in 2028.

CDU, Cold plate, Rear door, Liquid-to-air CDU HQ Buffalo, New York, USA Owned by Schneider Electric Checked 9 Nov 2026

Smallest CDU: 105 kW Schneider Electric: liquid cooling portfolio with Motivair (Sept 2025), 9 Nov 2026
Largest CDU: 2,500 kW Schneider Electric: liquid cooling portfolio with Motivair (Sept 2025), 9 Nov 2026
Rear door: 75 kW Motivair ChilledDoor brochure 2023, 9 Nov 2026

Rating conditions

Range per Schneider's Sept 2025 release; the Japanese release footnotes 1.7 MW max in Japan. ChilledDoor up to 75 kW per rack. HDU: 100 kW heat rejection, 600 mm wide, sized 1:1 to NVIDIA NVL144. Schneider paid EUR 850M for 75%; minority holders can sell, and Schneider can buy, the last 25% in 2028.

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Ownership change

Feb 2025

Schneider Electric holds 75%. Schneider Electric completed its purchase of a 75% controlling stake in Motivair in February 2025 and holds the right to buy the remaining 25% in 2028. Motivair is Schneider’s liquid cooling line. Source

Datasheet

Source on every value

Technologies Liquid cooling product types the vendor sells today. 'Liquid-to-air CDU' is a sidecar unit or heat dissipation unit that needs no facility water. 'Two-phase cold plate' boils a refrigerant or dielectric on the chip.: CDU, Cold plate, Rear door, Liquid-to-air CDU 1
Smallest CDU kW Rated cooling capacity of the smallest shipping CDU in the line, as the vendor publishes it. Rating conditions (approach temperature, fluid) are in the spec notes. Blank when not published.: 105 1
Largest CDU kW Rated cooling capacity of the largest shipping CDU, as the vendor publishes it. Prototypes and announced-only units are left out and named in the spec notes. Blank when not published.: 2,500 1
GPU platforms (vendor-stated) GPU or rack platforms the vendor itself names as supported, certified or targeted, such as NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 or Vera Rubin. Vendor statements only, each with a source. Blank when the vendor names none.: NVIDIA (CDUs stated as certified for NVIDIA's latest hardware); NVIDIA NVL144 (HDU sized 1:1) 1
Level Where the products sit: in the server, in the rack, in the row, or at facility scale (skid or facility distribution unit).: Server, In-rack, In-row, Facility 1
Coolant Coolant on the IT side: water-glycol (PG25 and similar), single-phase dielectric (oils, GTL, synthetic hydrocarbons) or two-phase dielectric or refrigerant.: Water-glycol 1
Max per rack kW Highest rack density the vendor publishes for its own system (immersion tank, in-rack CDU, rear door or OEM rack). Filled only when the vendor states a per-rack figure.: Not published
Rear door max kW Highest published heat removal of the vendor's rear-door heat exchanger, per rack.: 75 2
Vendor type Liquid cooling specialist, thermal and HVAC major, power and data center infrastructure major, server OEM, component maker (cold plates, connectors, CDUs sold to OEMs) or fluid supplier.: Power and infrastructure major 1
Parent company Owner or controlling shareholder when the vendor sits inside a larger group, such as CoolIT under Ecolab or Motivair under Schneider Electric.: Schneider Electric 3
HQ region Region of the vendor's (or brand owner's) headquarters.: North America 1
HQ country Country of the vendor's (or brand owner's) headquarters.: United States 1
Headquarters Headquarters city and country as the vendor states it.: Buffalo, New York, USA 1
Manufacturing Regions or sites where the vendor says it builds liquid cooling products. Blank when not published.: North America (Buffalo, NY); Europe (Italy); Asia (India) 1
Key products Main product lines and model names for data center liquid cooling.: CDUs 105 kW–2.5 MW, ChilledDoor RDHx, HDU liquid-to-air unit, Dynamic Cold Plates, chillers, TCS loops 1
Spec notes Rating conditions behind the numbers (approach temperature, water temperature, fluid), conflicting figures, and prototypes left out of the ranges.: Range per Schneider's Sept 2025 release; the Japanese release footnotes 1.7 MW max in Japan. ChilledDoor up to 75 kW per rack. HDU: 100 kW heat rejection, 600 mm wide, sized 1:1 to NVIDIA NVL144. Schneider paid EUR 850M for 75%; minority holders can sell, and Schneider can buy, the last 25% in 2028. 1

Sources

Schneider Electric: liquid cooling portfolio with Motivair (Sept 2025) accessed 2026-11-09
Motivair ChilledDoor brochure 2023 accessed 2026-11-09
Schneider Electric completes acquisition of controlling interest in Motivair Corporation (28 Feb 2025) accessed 2026-11-09
Schneider Electric half-year 2025 financial report (75% for EUR 850M; put/call on 25% in 2028) accessed 2026-11-09

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