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November 4, 2025—Paris—Valeo, a global leader in thermal systems, and 2CRSi, a leading manufacturer of high-performance servers and storage solutions, announce a strategic partnership agreement to develop next-generation liquid cooling solutions tailored to edge computing environments. 

The collaboration will focus on creating scalable thermal management architectures that combine Valeo’s expertise in high-efficiency heat exchange, system integration, and operation across wide temperature ranges — acquired through decades of automotive innovation — with 2CRSi’s advanced know-how in server design and manufacturing. Together, the two companies aim to design compact, autonomous cooling systems capable of maintaining optimal performance in decentralized environments, such as outdoor edge data centers deployed near 5G antennas, where space, energy, and environmental conditions are critical challenges.

Through their combined strengths, Valeo and 2CRSi illustrate how advanced liquid cooling can enable sustainable, energy-efficient, and reliable data centers. “As demand for AI-driven and edge computing infrastructures grows, efficient and sustainable cooling has become a key enabler of performance and reliability”, said Christophe Delhovren, CTO at Valeo Power Division. “This collaboration is set to drive innovation in the rapidly growing edge data center market. With 2CRSi, we found a highly competent partner supporting us in the ambition to offer our customers advanced liquid cooling solutions for efficient and sustainable data management, wherever deployed.”

“Joining forces with Valeo, we’re bringing automotive-grade thermal reliability to the edge”, said Alain Wilmouth, CEO at 2CRSi. “Their mastery of high-efficiency heat exchange perfectly complements our high-density server design and liquid-cooling know-how to unlock compact, energy-frugal systems that keep performing even outside the white room”

A Strategic Alliance to Address the Fast-Growing Edge Computing Market

By leveraging their complementary strengths, Valeo and 2CRSi aim to accelerate the development of compact, energy-efficient cooling systems that can operate reliably in constrained or harsh outdoor environments. Valeo’s industrial expertise in thermal system design, integration, and control software perfectly complements 2CRSi’s excellence in high-performance server engineering, enabling the joint definition and manufacturing of the next generation of immersive liquid cooling solutions.

First Joint Innovation Showcased at Data Centre World Paris

The two companies introduce their first standalone dielectric-fluid-immersed cooling solution, specifically engineered to meet the demanding thermal and environmental requirements of edge infrastructures during Data Centre World Paris on Valeo’s booth (B22) on November 5-6, 2025, at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. Designed for compact, outdoor environments, this system offers high energy efficiency, strong temperature and weather resistance, and reliable operation without the need for extensive supporting infrastructure.

About Valeo
Valeo is a technology company and partner to all automakers and new mobility players worldwide. Valeo innovates to make mobility safer, smarter and more sustainable. Valeo enjoys technological and industrial leadership in electrification, driving assistance systems, reinvention of the interior experience and lighting everywhere. These four areas, vital to the transformation of mobility, are the Group’s growth drivers.
Valeo in figures: 21.5 billion euros in sales in 2024 | 106,100 employees, 28 countries, 155 plants, 64 research and development centers and 19 distribution platforms on February 28, 2025. Valeo is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.
Learn more at www.valeo.com

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