DLB Associates

DLB Associates is an MEP and technology consulting engineering firm founded in 1980. It designs and builds mission-critical infrastructure, with a focus on highly energy-efficient, resilient data center facilities for leading technology companies. Its engineers work across MEP engineering, data center engineering, HVAC and indoor environment optimisation, and hyperscale computing infrastructure, addressing environments that house computers, people, products or agriculture. The firm operates globally.

Its principal work is the design and delivery of data center facilities, using an adaptive, clean-slate methodology that challenges traditional engineering conventions. The firm reports having designed eight of the largest Google data center campuses worldwide. In parallel, it develops liquid-to-chip and liquid cooling solutions for high-density AI and hyperscale computing environments. DLB Associates describes itself as having written the books on data center engineering since 1980.

The firm frames its mission as empowering transformative change in the built environment, with an emphasis on precision, scalability, resilience, and energy efficiency. It notes that billions of dollars of data center investment per year are at risk from outdated engineering practice. Industry verticals include data centers, AI infrastructure, hyperscale computing, technology, agriculture, mission-critical infrastructure, and construction.