Modine celebrates opening of US chiller plant serving the data center market
The first Airedale chillers recently shipped from the newly repurposed facility
ROCKBRIDGE, Va. — Modine Mfg. Co. officially marked the launch of its new production facility in Rockbridge, Virginia, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The newly repurposed plant, previously a warehouse, will manufacture cooling solutions under the Airedale by Modine brand to capture opportunities in the growing data center industry. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was attended by Modine employees and local government officials, including Rep. Ben Cline (VA-06), Lexington Mayor Frank Friedman, and representatives from the Rockbridge County Board of Supervisors and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership.
Neil Brinker, Modine president and CEO; Eric McGinnis, president of Modine Climate Solutions; and Rockbridge plant manager, Thomas Johnson hosted guests on a tour of the new facility and explained why it is ideally located to serve the U.S. data center market. Virginia is the largest data center market in the world, and Northern Virginia is home to more than 20% of all known hyperscale data centers worldwide.