Integrated solution enables companies to accelerate and scale high-density data centers while also mitigating risk, optimizing operations and increasing energy efficiency
New York – [March 17, 2026] – Salute, a global leader in comprehensive data center services, today announced a strategic partnership with Phaidra that addresses an urgent need for high-density data centers: how to accelerate and scale AI computing deployments by eliminating significant operational obstacles and risks that are inherent to AI data center environments.
Legacy technologies and operational models are not built for high-density computing environments. Those technologies and processes are unable to mitigate the enormous operational risks of liquid cooling and struggle with the complexity of managing continuous high-load compute environments. This creates significant operational challenges that undermine companies’ ability to successfully deploy AI infrastructure quickly and at scale. Salute and Phaidra eliminate those challenges by providing an integrated solution that enables companies to stabilize performance, mitigate operational risks, reduce energy consumption and drive operational efficiencies in AI computing environments.
Through this partnership, Phaidra’s pioneering AI-driven data center controls and optimization system will be integrated with Salute’s groundbreaking Direct-to-Chip (DTC) Liquid Cooling Operations Service – enabling data center companies to scale their AI operations with speed, scale and confidence.
“The power density of AI computing and the complexity and risk of liquid cooling require an entirely new approach to data center operations,” said Erich Sanchack, Chief Executive Officer at Salute. “Without the right approach to operations, organizations will face fundamental challenges to deploying AI at the speed and scale that is needed. Salute and Phaidra are eliminating those obstacles with this integrated solution that combines intelligent, AI-driven control systems with proven operational execution in ways that unlock the ability for companies to scale with speed and confidence.”
Salute’s AI as a service is the first and only comprehensive solution that mitigates the risks that liquid cooling introduces into data centers, particularly as AI operations rapidly scale. It has immediately become the standard for world class AI operations, and it has been adopted by a rapidly growing list of data center operators who are deploying it at scale.
Phaidra’s AI agents autonomously manage complex power and cooling systems in highly dynamic environments, continuously learning and adapting in real time. This technology has already shown significant results in mission-critical settings, including substantial reductions in cooling energy consumption and improved thermal stability in hyperscale data centers. Phaidra’s demonstrated results include a 70% improvement in thermal stability on large GPU clusters utilizing the latest NVIDIA GB200/300 platforms.
“Together, Phaidra and Salute are making it faster, simpler and safer for companies to scale their AI operations,” said Jim Gao, Phaidra’s CEO and Co-Founder. “The combination of Phaidra’s AI-driven control and optimization platform with Salute’s world-class operational model for DTC liquid cooling delivers performance, reliability, precision, risk mitigation and operational excellence. This integrated solution will also enable customers to create continuous improvement loops where insights from the systems and operations teams drive enhancements that further enhance reliability and efficiency. This is a solution truly built for AI factories at scale.”
This partnership builds on Salute’s recent acquisition of Northshore and the integration of its Seastack sustainability platform, which strengthened Salute’s operational model with advanced sustainability intelligence and lifecycle execution. Salute’s ecosystem of partners for world-class DTC Liquid Cooling Operations delivers integrated technology solutions, expertise and support that enable companies to achieve operational excellence for AI/HPC data centers.
To learn more about how Salute can help your organization achieve world-class DTC liquid operations that protects your investment in AI/HPC, visit https://salute.com/ai-hub/. And to learn more about Phaidra’s AI-driven controls and optimizations solution for high-density data centers, visit https://www.phaidra.ai/products.
About Salute
Founded in 2013, Salute is a leading provider of integrated lifecycle services for data centers, operating in over 102 markets with 12 global offices and a workforce of more than 2,200 employees. The company delivers comprehensive solutions for hyperscale, cloud, colocation, and edge facilities, with a strong focus on sustainability and talent development. Salute is a member of the NVIDIA Partner program and offers the first and only comprehensive Direct-to-Chip (DTC) Liquid Cooling Operations Service for AI/HPC data centers
To learn more about Salute, visit www.salute.com. And to learn more about how Salute protects your AI Investments with industry best practices for high density, liquid based operations, visit our AI Hub here: https://salute.com/ai-hub/.
About Phaidra
Phaidra is an NVIDIA DSX Partner focusing on enabling gigawatt-scale data center operations to meet the demand of AI workloads. Phaidra combines deep data center knowledge with leading AI expertise and extensive industrial controls specialization. Founded in 2019 by former Google, DeepMind and Trane engineers — Phaidra is ushering in a new age of data center operations with AI agents for AI factories.
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