ACT expands manufacturing operations with Central Pa. facility

Listen to this article

Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) is expanding its manufacturing operations with a planned facility in Central Pennsylvania.

A global provider in thermal management solutions, ACT announced a major expansion to support high-volume production of cold plates for liquid-cooled data center applications. The planned 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lancaster will strengthen ACT’s domestic manufacturing capabilities and support the accelerating adoption of liquid cooling across AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and next-generation data center architecture, according to a release. 

“Thermal requirements in data centers are changing rapidly, and customers are designing systems with liquid cooling as a baseline assumption,” ACT Vice President of Sales and Marketing Bryan Muzyka said in a statement. “This expansion allows us to align our manufacturing capacity with our best-in-class technical performance, to meet the demands of the industry for high quality, domestic manufactured solutions.” 

The new manufacturing space will be dedicated to U.S.-based production of high-performance single-phase and two-phase cold plates designed for a wide range of AI processors and accelerated computing platforms. Initial production capacity is expected to exceed approximately 500,000 cold plates annually, with output coming online through phased production ramps. 

As rack-level power densities climb and air-cooling approaches practical limits, cold plate-based liquid cooling has become an enabling technology for AI and high-density compute deployments, per the release. ACT’s high performance cold plates use advanced internal flow structures, optimized heat transfer surfaces, and material selections to achieve superior thermal performance and long-term reliability across high-density rack environments. 

“Customers are pushing thermal limits at the chip, server, and rack levels,” said ACT Head of Data Center Solutions Devin Pellicone. “They need cold plate solutions that are not only highly thermally efficient, but also reliable, repeatable, and scalable for high-volume deployment. This facility is about delivering that performance and consistency at production scale, right here in the U.S.” 

ACT serves global customers across diverse markets, including space, defense, data center, energy, HVAC, and medical. The company specializes in innovative, performance-optimized thermal management technologies and solutions tailored to each customer’s unique requirements. ACT and Blackstone Energy Transition Partners reached a definitive agreement in February 2026 for Blackstone to acquire a majority stake in the company. The partnership enables strategic investments to scale operations in key growth markets at an accelerated pace.