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Applied Digital Leads $25 Million Funding Round for Corintis to Advance Innovation in Data Center Technology
Investment underscores Applied Digital’s strategy to accelerate its leadership in high-performance, AI-optimized data centers through partnerships that
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[{"type":"text","content":"Investment underscores Applied Digital’s strategy to accelerate its leadership in high-performance, AI-optimized data centers through partnerships that advance power, cooling, and efficiency\nDALLAS, Dec. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Applied Digital (NASDAQ: APLD) a designer, builder, and operator of high-performance, sustainably engineered data centers and colocation services for artificial intelligence, cloud, networking and blockchain workloads, announced today it served as the lead investor in a $25 million funding round for Corintis, a Swiss-based innovator developing advanced chip-cooling solutions designed to significantly improve efficiency and power density in data centers running the most demanding AI workloads. The investment in Corintis further advances Applied Digital’s thought leadership at the forefront of data center technology and deepens its influence across the ecosystem. Liquid cooling is a prerequisite for building ultra-high-density, GPU-based compute systems, and this investment highlights the company’s focus on advancing technologies that enhance efficiency, reliability, and sustainability across every layer of digital infrastructure. By investing in critical innovations that shape the future direction of the industry, Applied Digital continues to strengthen its competitive edge and expand its leadership in AI-optimized infrastructure. Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, with an office opening in Bellevue, Washington, U.S., Corintis specializes in direct-to-chip liquid cooling, utilizing microfluidic technology. Its unique generative design and manufacturing platform enables cooling to be precisely adapted to the chip level, which can be implemented as a cost-effective drop-in replacement to standard liquid cooling or integrated inside the GPU. Corintis’ approach supports up to 3x lower temperatures compared to standard cold plates, as previously validated by Microsoft, higher power densities, improved energy efficiency, and lower environmental impact — key requirements as AI workloads continue to push the limits of traditional data center design. “As a category leader in high-performance AI Factories, Applied Digital is further accelerating its leadership position through strategic investments in technologies that will set the industry’s pace and define the future,” said Wes Cummins, Chairman and Chi...