La inventora de la leche desnatada promete bajarle la factura energética
La sueca Alfa Laval, con un valor en Bolsa de 20.000 millones, amplía su cartera de clientes con los centros de datos
Gustaf de Laval, a Swedish inventor born in 1845, is credited with inventing a centrifuge that allowed for the desiccation of milk when he was just 33 years old. De Laval, a scientist and entrepreneur who patented 92 products throughout his life, co-founded Alfa Laval with his partner Oskar Lamm. Today, Alfa Laval is a major asset of the country, with a market capitalization of €20.2 billion.
Javier Ortiz, the company's general director in Spain and Portugal, explains that the company has grown significantly over the past 140 years, earning over 4,200 patents. The largest shareholder in Alfa Laval is Winder Holding AG, a family business that built an empire around Tetra Pak packaging. Alfa Laval sees the demand for data centers as one of the growth vectors for the company.
The company's confidence in increasing its market share this year is not only due to technological advancements but also due to the challenges faced by large hyper-scalers in managing thermal conditions to meet growing demand. Alfa Laval is committed to investing resources to support expansion plans in this sector, recognizing it as a massive industrial investment program in history.
However, Ortiz acknowledges the responsibility that comes with this role to ensure they are not the bottleneck in the industrial investment boom.
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