LG Electronics Expands HVAC Business From AI Air Conditioners to Data Center Cooling
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LG Electronics unveiled its new commercial system air conditioner, the LG MULTI V 7, for the first time at HARFKO 2026, which opened on the 21st at Kintex in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province.
The LG MULTI V 7 is a large-capacity variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system air conditioner equipped with dual AI technology that combines on-device AI and cloud AI.
LG Electronics also showcased heat pump-based residential solutions and AI data center cooling technologies, outlining the direction of its HVAC business expansion.
LG Electronics unveiled its new commercial system air conditioner, the LG MULTI V 7, for the first time at "HARFKO 2026," which opened on the 21st at Kintex in Ilsan, Gyeonggi Province. Through the unveiling of its new system air conditioner featuring AI and next-generation compressors, LG Electronics outlined the direction of its HVAC business expansion.
LG Electronics is pursuing stronger competitiveness in HVAC solutions across homes, commercial buildings, industrial facilities and AI data centers. At this exhibition, it showcased not only commercial system air conditioners but also heat pump-based residential solutions and AI data center cooling technologies.
The exhibition also included dual AI-based autonomous operation technology and the new SPIN X compressor. LG Electronics presented AI and compressor technology as the core of its efforts to strengthen competitiveness.
The LG MULTI V 7 is a large-capacity variable refrigerant flow (VRF) system air conditioner equipped with dual AI technology that combines on-device AI and cloud AI. Based on learning installation environments and usage patterns, the product optimizes operation and also takes spatial harmony into account with a new design.
The product uses both on-device AI and cloud AI. The on-device AI embedded in the product learns and judges installation environments and customer usage patterns in real time to carry out optimal operation. Cloud AI handles intelligent analysis and optimization of operating strategies, continuously improving product performance and stability.
On this basis, it implements AI autonomous operation to respond actively to environmental changes. The AI Smart Care function analyzes virtual operation scenarios and suggests operating cycles that consider comfort and energy efficiency at the same time. It also offers noise control tailored to the surrounding environment and AI-based fault prediction and diagnosis functions.
LG Electronics also improved a key component, the compressor. The company said it improved the structure of the next-generation SPIN X compressor and applied a 2-way oil supply structure and real-time oil condition sensing technology. Through these improvements, LG Electronics said heating and cooling performance, energy efficiency and operating stability have been enhanced compared with previous products.
LG Electronics introduced a future-oriented residential solution centered on heat pumps. The residential solution integrates cooling, heating and hot water supply. The exhibition hall was arranged to resemble a real residential space, including an outdoor unit room, utility room, living room and bathroom.
LG Electronics positioned its customized heat pump-based heating, cooling and hot water solution for apartment complexes, taking Korea's residential environment into account, as a proposed offering. It also showcased a smart integrated air solution that links air conditioners, air purifiers and ventilation products.
The smart integrated air solution is designed to manage indoor air quality and energy efficiency at the same time. LG Electronics also showed its concept of expanding solutions in a direction that integrates the heating, cooling and air quality of the entire living space, beyond individual products.
Separately, it also operated an AI data center exhibition space. The exhibition introduced a range of cooling technologies, including air cooling, liquid cooling and immersion cooling. In the air-cooling area, it presented an air-cooled turbo chiller and a fan wall unit (FWU), explaining that the chiller produces large amounts of chilled water that are used for heating, cooling and cooling in buildings, factories and data centers. The fan wall unit (FWU) is responsible for supplying cold air inside the data center and efficiently exhausting generated heat.
LG Electronics is exhibiting the coolant distribution unit (CDU) and cold plate, key components in the liquid cooling field. The CDU handles the distribution and circulation of coolant, while the cold plate comes into contact with semiconductor chips and directly absorbs the heat generated.
LG Electronics also plans to unveil an immersion cooling solution and an immersion tank under development. The immersion cooling solution is regarded as a next-generation cooling technology.
This move reflects the backdrop of growing importance of cooling technology amid the increasing density of AI data centers. LG Electronics' strategy is to expand its range of responses to the data center market by securing a variety of cooling solutions. Lee Jae-sung, head of LG Electronics' ES Business Division and president, said the company plans to continue expanding advanced solutions with core-tech-based differentiated component competitiveness across all areas of demand for cooling solutions, including homes, commercial facilities, industry and AI data centers.
Source: TECHWORLD · Park Gyu-chan
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