en.Wedoany.com Reported - Salute recently introduced a comprehensive full-lifecycle operations service for high-density liquid-cooled computing environments, unveiled at the Datacloud Global Congress. The company claims this is an industry first, designed to help operators accelerate the training and inference processes of artificial intelligence (AI) factories in large-scale liquid-cooled deployments while maintaining reliability, efficiency, and operational control.
Alongside the new product launch, Salute is expanding its business footprint from the United States to Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). CEO Erich Sanchack discussed the company's expansion plans in an interview in Cannes. Sanchack stated that Salute's mission since its founding in 2013 initially focused on providing employment opportunities for U.S. military veterans, and has since gradually expanded to encompass full-lifecycle data center services.
Sanchack noted that the full-lifecycle service model has proven effective, and the company decided about three years ago to begin investing in Europe. As the AI boom drives a dramatic expansion of the data center industry, the skills gap is becoming increasingly prominent. Sanchack pointed out that within just one year, the scale of data centers in Europe has tripled due to AI demand, and this rapid growth requires strong supply chain and talent support. Salute currently has approximately 2,500 engineers globally and expects to increase this to around 3,500 by the end of the year. The market may require an additional 10,000 new positions by the first and second quarters of 2027.
Salute's newly launched AI service focuses on liquid-cooled infrastructure operations. Sanchack explained that based on collaborative research and development with companies such as Nvidia and AMD, customers have expressed a clear need for assistance in refining processes, protocols, and operational management. Salute leverages its technical expertise to support liquid-cooled customers in safely operating within high-density power environments. Sanchack emphasized that this will protect expensive IT equipment from serious risks arising from lax operational discipline.
To address talent demands, Salute plans to launch two new partner programs for training and certifying newcomers. Target groups include military veterans and individuals from traditional industries such as oil and gas who wish to transition into the data center field. Additionally, Salute is collaborating with companies like Ecolab, Phaidra, and MCIM to achieve more efficient data center infrastructure operations through AI services, thereby improving sustainability outcomes. Sanchack stated that while other industry players are still catching up with high-performance computing environments and chip-level liquid cooling solutions, Salute has already begun focusing on control systems as the next investment direction.
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