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AnalysisEquipment & Product NewsTrane's 800-Volt Chiller Test Brings HVAC Deeper Into the AI Power SystemA laboratory chiller delivered more than 3.5 MW of cooling while testing direct-current power. For mechanical and electrical contractors, the opportunity is increasingly in the handoff between power, cooling, controls and commissioning.TradeVulcan Dispatch Editorial Desk6 min
Breaking Equipment & Supply-Chain AnalysisEquipment & Product NewsAmazon Is Installing Prysmian Cable Made With ELYSIS Aluminum. Electrical Contractors Should Watch the Spec Sheet.Prysmian and Rio Tinto say electrical cable made with ELYSIS inert-anode aluminum has been contracted for installation at an Amazon data center near Columbus, Ohio—the first known use of the material in a data center. The immediate contractor story is not a residential wire change. It is the way owner-driven material requirements can move from raw-material sourcing into electrical submittals, distribution and estimating.TradeVulcan Dispatch Editorial Desk13 min
Breaking Equipment & Infrastructure AnalysisEquipment & Product NewsAmazon and Generac Sign a $2.4 Billion Data-Center Generator Deal. The Home-Standby Giant Is Becoming AI Infrastructure.Generac says initial Amazon data-center generator deliveries are expected to total $2.4 billion in 2027 and 2028, while an Amazon warrant can continue vesting as aggregate generator payments reach as much as $8 billion. For electrical and generator contractors, the bigger story is how fast a home-standby icon is scaling into hyperscale infrastructure.TradeVulcan Dispatch Editorial Desk14 min
Breaking Equipment & Supply-Chain AnalysisEquipment & Product NewsHitachi Energy Is Spending $528 Million on a Mississippi Transformer Factory. Electricians Won’t Feel the Relief Until 2029.Hitachi Energy is committing $528 million to a new Mississippi transformer plant that will more than double capacity at its local operation. The investment is a major response to the U.S. transformer shortage—but production is not scheduled to begin until 2029, leaving contractors, utilities, builders and developers with a procurement problem that still has years to run.TradeVulcan Dispatch Editorial Desk13 min
Breaking AnalysisEquipment & Product NewsThe Executive Who Helped Build DeWalt and Milwaukee Is Now Running EGO, FLEX and SKILJoseph Galli Jr. has taken over Chervon just weeks after the toolmaker reported record first-half revenue of $1.03 billion. For contractors, the bigger story is what one of the cordless-tool industry's most experienced platform builders may do next.TradeVulcan Dispatch Editorial Desk14 min