# Empower to upgrade DIFC district cooling plant in Dubai for $16.3M

Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) is upgrading its district cooling plant in Dubai International Financial Centre with a $16.3 million project, adding six Trane chillers to raise capacity from 43,000 to 62,000 TR.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-04-11
- Where: Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Value: $16.3M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 62,000 tonnes of refrigeration (TR) after expansion
- Products: district cooling services
- Sectors: [HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration](https://endata.com/sectors/hvac-refrigeration.md)

## Companies

- [Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower)](https://endata.com/companies/31278.md)
- [Trane](https://endata.com/companies/1904.md) (supplier)
- [Ingersoll Rand](https://endata.com/companies/1905.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [constructionweekonline.com](https://www.constructionweekonline.com/products-services/article-48975-empowers-difc-district-cooling-plant-in-dubai-set-for-16m-upgrade), 2018-04-11: "The $16.3m (AED60m) project will be carried out in response to 'the continuous demand for district cooling services' provided by the company."

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