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Brownfield

A project that reuses or retrofits an existing building or site rather than building new.

Current numbers

~55%single-phase DLC share of the liquid-cooling market in 2026; RDHx/AALC serve as the brownfield bridge to ~40–50 kWas of 2026 · register ↗
$2k–$5kPhase I ESA per ASTM E1527-21 (higher end for industrial/brownfield histories)as of 2026 · register ↗
~97 GWnew global data-center capacity forecast 2025–2030, up to ~$3T investment — the demand that makes brownfield reuse and repower attractiveas of 2026 · register ↗

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