Johnson Controls — Absorption-Chiller Reference Design for AI Data Centers (July 2026) and Waste-Heat Thermal Strategy (April 2026)

Source: JCI press releases (Apr + Jul 2026); Energy Solutions Intelligence district-heating analysis (Jun 2026) for the competing-pathway context. Credibility: Medium — primary vendor announcements; headline numbers are modeled scenarios.

Why this is in an adsorption wiki

It defines the competitive landscape adsorption now faces in its most-hyped application: (1) absorption at CHP scale owns the hyperscale AI segment; (2) district-heat export owns the Nordics; (3) adsorption’s remaining niches are modular sub-100 kW units on sub-90 °C heat (Fahrenheit eCoo class, RE-WITCH-style industrial sites) and the sub-50 °C frontier (Exora, SJTU encapsulated composites) that absorption cannot reach.