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Johnson Controls Q2 sales +8% on data-centre cooling — new chillers, entry into CDUs, and remote-monitoring services expand the FM-adjacent stack

Johnson Controls' Q2 sales rose 8%, with CEO Joakim Weidemanis attributing the growth to data-centre thermal demand. The company is launching new chiller models for the segment and entering the CDU (coolant distribution unit) market — direct-to-chip and rear-door heat-exchanger plumbing that sits between rack and chiller. JCI is also leveraging remote monitoring to grow it...

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200 kW per rack, 1 MW coming — Trane's Atalla on cooling as data-centre system management

Trane Technologies' SVP and CTO Mauro Atalla told Facilities Dive that single server racks now generate up to 200 kW of thermal load, with some at 600 kW and 1 MW racks coming — to the point where thermal management is inseparable from data-centre system management. Trane is working with NVIDIA on gigawatt-scale reference designs (Omniverse DSX Blueprint) that integrate ch...

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Kroger to pay $2.5M fine, spend $100M retrofitting 600 fridges over Clean Air Act refrigerant leaks

Grocery giant Kroger has agreed to pay a $2.5M civil penalty and spend $100M over two years to retrofit or replace 600 refrigeration units to settle a US Department of Justice action over ozone-depleting refrigerant leaks. EPA found Kroger failed to meet retrofit/replacement requirements on 14 commercial and 2 industrial refrigeration units under the pre-2019 35% leakage thresh...

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The pendulum is swinging back toward the trades — and FM hiring should pay attention

JLL flags a structural shift: demand for skilled trades is now outpacing demand in many other job categories. Organisations are being pushed to make it easier for people to get trained, which has direct implications for how FM teams build internal benches versus relying on contractor labour.

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7-Eleven to remodel 7,000 stores by 2030 — convenience retail FM gets a wave of work

7-Eleven plans to remodel more than 7,000 North American stores by 2030 around a larger, food-focused format the company says drives 30% more traffic and 44% higher sales. The programme will absorb a significant slice of convenience-retail FM capacity for years and reset the brief on what 'standard' looks like.

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Air Quality Outranks Premium Amenities in Worker Priorities

A new survey reveals that employees rate indoor air quality above high-end office perks when choosing where to work. Workers see air quality management as a direct signal of how much their employer values their wellbeing — turning ventilation strategy into a talent retention lever.