Samsung to buy German cooling system maker FlaktGroup for $1.7 billion


FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at the company's store in Seoul, South Korea, April 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Germany's FlaktGroup for 1.5 billion euros ($1.68 billion) as it looks to meet growing demand for cooling of data centres used for artificial intelligence projects.

In the South Korean company's biggest acquisition in eight years, it will purchase the air conditioning and heating systems maker from private equity group Triton.

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