DLB Associates

DLB Associates is a mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) and technology consulting engineering firm founded in 1980. It designs and builds mission-critical infrastructure, with a particular focus on data centres for hyperscale and artificial-intelligence computing. Its client list includes some of the world's most influential technology companies, and it has engineered eight of the largest Google data centre campuses worldwide. The firm operates globally.

The company's work spans several technical fields: MEP engineering, technology consulting, data centre engineering, liquid-to-chip cooling for high-density AI workloads, indoor environment optimisation, energy-efficiency engineering and resilience and reliability engineering. Beyond data centres, it optimises indoor environments that house computers, people, products or agriculture. Its data centre designs include some of the industry's most energy-efficient and resilient facilities, and it has pioneered liquid-to-chip cooling for hyperscale environments.

Established more than 40 years ago, DLB Associates also contributes to the discipline itself: the firm is credited with having written the standard reference works on data centre engineering. Its stated methodology is a clean-slate, adaptive approach that challenges traditional engineering conventions, with an emphasis on imagination, technical expertise and agility. Work is oriented towards precision, scalability and resilience, and towards change in the built environment.