Vertiv is expanding its manufacturing facility in Slovakia, adding capacity to produce data centre power and cooling equipment at a moment when European data centre capacity is expanding faster than manufacturers can currently supply critical power and cooling infrastructure.

The company plans to add 22,000 sqm to its Nové Mesto nad Váhom campus in western Slovakia over the next two years, increasing production capacity for power, switchgear and thermal management technologies, including advanced liquid cooling and power solutions for high-density AI and high-performance computing applications.

Vertiv said the project will create hundreds of new jobs across manufacturing, engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, technical and leadership functions between 2027 and 2029.

Paul Ryan, president of Vertiv in EMEA, said that as AI and other critical digital applications increase across the region, the company continues investing in its manufacturing capabilities, and that expanding Nové Mesto nad Váhom will strengthen Vertiv's ability to support customers and bring power and cooling capacity online faster and at scale. Chris Hales, VP operations EMEA at Vertiv, said the company envisions the site as a world-class manufacturing campus bringing people, technology and innovation together to serve demanding customers and applications.

Vertiv, a global manufacturer of data centre power and cooling equipment, has seen demand for its products surge during the AI data centre boom, and also operates manufacturing facilities in Croatia, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico and the US.

The expansion reflects a wider push among power and cooling equipment manufacturers to grow European manufacturing footprint, as data centre capacity growth increasingly outstrips available power, land and equipment supply.

The timing tracks rapid growth in the region Vertiv is expanding into: EMEA data centre operational capacity exceeded 12.1GW in the first half of 2026, up more than 36 per cent in two years, with a committed pipeline of 18.3GW.

For the sector, locating expanded capacity in Central Europe rather than established Western European hubs reflects how equipment manufacturers are following lower-cost, faster-to-permit locations even as data centres themselves concentrate in established powerhouse markets.

The wider signal for the sector is that manufacturing capacity for power and cooling equipment, not just data centre construction itself, is becoming a distinct bottleneck requiring direct capital investment from equipment suppliers.

Source: Data Center Dynamics / Cushman & Wakefield