Fuji Electric Adapts Vending Technology to Cool Data Centers

Fuji Electric, Japan's largest vending machine manufacturer, is adapting its beverage refrigeration technology for data center cooling, according to a Financial Times report. The company said its ejector cooling system can reduce cooling energy consumption by up to 85 percent. The compressor-free system reuses waste heat and is designed for applications including liquid cooling of artificial intelligence servers. Fuji Electric's fiscal 2026 strategy identified data centers as a target market for the technology, and the company is targeting more than $61 million in annual ejector-system sales to data centers by 2030. Analysts told the Financial Times that commercial adoption remains uncertain, with competing technologies and major operators' existing infrastructure plans potentially slowing deployment, particularly in the United States. For the vending industry, the move is a notable example of manufacturers monetizing core unattended retail technology in new sectors, a revenue cushion as machine sales mature in markets like Japan. Source: Vending Times — https://www.vendingtimes.com/news/fuji-electric-adapts-vending-technology-to-cool-data-centers/