Pune, 14 August — Samsung Electronics on Wednesday inaugurated a new HVAC manufacturing facility in Maval taluka, Pune district, to produce specialised cooling equipment for data centres and other mission‑critical infrastructure across India and the wider Asia‑Pacific region, company officials said.
Facility details and production plans
The unit is operated by FläktGroup, the HVAC specialist acquired by Samsung in November 2025, and is the first new manufacturing line to become operational since that acquisition, the company said. The plant occupies about 13,826 square metres and moved from equipment installation to mass production in six months.
Samsung said the Pune plant will manufacture Air Handling Units (AHUs), Fan Wall Units (FWUs) and Computer Room Air Handlers (CRAHs) — products used to manage cooling, humidity and air quality in data‑centre environments and other critical facilities. The company expects to progressively increase capacity to as many as 6,500 units annually.
“The completion of the production line in Pune, India, marks a significant milestone in expanding our HVAC supply beyond India to the broader Asia‑Pacific region,” said Cheolgi Kim, Executive Vice President and Head of Digital Appliance Business at Samsung.
Strategic aim: AI data‑centre cooling
Samsung described the move as part of a strategic push to combine its AI and platform technologies with FläktGroup’s HVAC expertise to supply next‑generation cooling systems tailored for AI data centres, which require greater thermal management than traditional IT racks. The company said the Pune plant will serve customers in India and in markets across the Asia‑Pacific region.
Company representatives highlighted that the facility will support faster customer responsiveness and strengthen local production, building on Samsung’s existing manufacturing footprint in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Local implications
- Employment and supply chain — The commissioning of the plant is likely to add local jobs in manufacturing, assembly and logistics, and to broaden Pune district’s role in critical‑cooling components for data‑centre supply chains.
- Industrial diversification — Manufacturing of AHUs, FWUs and CRAHs positions the region for growth tied to India’s expanding data‑centre and cloud infrastructure market.
- Regional exports — With stated intent to serve Asia‑Pacific markets, the facility may increase export volumes from Pune district if demand scales to the planned 6,500 units per year.
Samsung and FläktGroup did not provide detailed figures for direct jobs or the capital investment for the Pune plant in the statement released with the inauguration. They said the facility is the first to come online since the acquisition and will complement production elsewhere in India.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Operator | FläktGroup (Samsung subsidiary) |
| Location | Maval taluka, Pune district |
| Area | 13,826 sq. metres |
| Products | AHUs, FWUs, CRAHs |
| Target annual capacity | Up to 6,500 units |
Local industry observers in Pune have in recent years noted rising demand for specialised cooling as hyperscale cloud, AI compute and co‑location centres expand across India. Precision cooling equipment such as CRAHs is central to maintaining uptime and efficiency for high‑density racks used in AI workloads.
For Maval and the larger Pune industrial belt, the new plant underscores the district’s continuing attraction for electronics and industrial manufacturing, even as some global companies diversify production locations across India. Company officials described the inauguration as the first step in scaling production and said they will progressively ramp capacity in response to market demand.
Reporting from Pune. Company statements and the inauguration ceremony provided the details in this report.
