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DeepCoolAI and MAS HVAC Merge to Form Unified Data Center Thermal Management Provider

November 19, 2025

Engineering Services

DeepCoolAI and MAS HVAC have merged to create a single thermal management company combining DeepCoolAI’s liquid-cooling technology with MAS HVAC’s mission-critical air-cooling and HVAC engineering capabilities (including MAS HVAC’s Daedex subsidiary). The combined organization aims to offer comprehensive air, liquid and hybrid cooling solutions for data centers, enabling faster deployment, simplified vendor management and improved scalability for high-density AI and HPC workloads.

Hypertec Cloud Acquires 5C Data Centers to Form 5C Group

April 10, 2025

Infrastructure

Hypertec Cloud has acquired 5C Data Centers and spun Hypertec Cloud out of Hypertec Group to create 5C Group, a combined AI digital infrastructure provider. The deal integrates Hypertec Cloud's high-performance AI compute capabilities with 5C Data Centers' U.S. campus footprint to accelerate AI deployments, improve speed-to-deployment, and optimize performance and cost for large AI and enterprise customers.

Thompson Street Capital Partners and Cequel III Acquire Controlling Interest in DDC Cabinet Technology

January 31, 2024

Manufacturing

Thompson Street Capital Partners and Cequel III have taken a controlling interest in DDC Cabinet Technology, a San Diego–based designer and manufacturer of high-density data center cabinets and cooling solutions. The investment provides growth capital to scale DDC's hybrid air-water cooling and proprietary management software for AI/HPC and other high‑density compute environments; co‑founders Chris Orlando and Mark Ortenzi remain minority investors and Keith Markley was named CEO.

Datalec Precision Installations (DPI) Acquires Technivo

November 1, 2022

Environmental Services

Datalec Precision Installations (DPI) has acquired Technivo, a UK-based specialist in technical and critical-environment cleaning for data centres across the UK and Europe. The acquisition integrates Technivo’s ISO-compliant technical cleaning capabilities into DPI’s managed services offering to provide an end-to-end data centre solution and improve project timescales and costs.

G3 Comms Merges with Connect Managed Services as LDC Exits

July 3, 2019

Telecommunications

G3 Comms has merged with Connect Managed Services in a deal that results in a combined UK customer experience and unified communications group with revenues above £55 million. The transaction represents LDC’s exit from its investment in Connect, and the combined group will be led by Connect CEO Alex Tupman to expand scale and capabilities across managed contact centre and unified communications services.

Tech Data Acquires Specialist Computer Holdings' Distribution Businesses for $350M

September 5, 2012

IT Services

Tech Data Corp will acquire several distribution companies from UK-based Specialist Computer Holdings for about $350 million, adding scale to its European business. The acquired distribution firms — based in the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands — generated approximately $1.75 billion of third-party sales and will strengthen Tech Data's Azlan enterprise business and vendor/customer portfolio in Europe.