Johnson Controls has announced plans to invest up to S$60 million (US$44m) to expand its Innovation Center in Singapore. According to the company, the expansion will target the growing demand for more energy-efficient data center infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region.

The investment, expected to take place over a five-year period, will focus on next-generation cooling, thermal management, and intelligent automation technologies designed for AI- and cloud-driven facilities.

Johnson Controls has said that it plans to grow its engineering team at the site to around 90–100 staff, with work centered on reducing energy use while supporting higher rack densities.

Following the expansion, the center will develop and test cooling and automation solutions in collaboration with universities, technology partners, and customers.

According to the company, research will include liquid and hybrid cooling systems suited to hyperscale and colocation data centers operating in tropical climates and power-constrained markets.

The Singapore site will also serve as a regional hub for the company’s data center research and development, supporting deployments across Asia-Pacific.

Data centers currently account for around seven percent of Singapore’s electricity demand, a figure expected to increase as AI workloads grow in market share. As a result, Johnson Controls has said that the facility is geared towards supporting operators seeking to meet sustainability targets while maintaining performance and uptime.

Johnson Controls provides and deploys data center solutions across more than 150 countries. In 2024, it launched a dedicated data center solutions business to provide integrated solutions to data center customers on a global scale.