LITTLETON, Colo., Sept. 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NGEN Mission Critical today launched its single-accountability service model, designed to help data center developers unlock manufacturing capacity for mission-critical power and cooling equipment. This model supports access to qualified global and U.S. OEM manufacturing, backed by U.S.-based engineering and full lifecycle accountability. NGEN’s service model provides supply chain transparency and scale, helping customers reduce lead times despite supply constraints. In addition, NGEN and Arizona-based manufacturer Air2O today announced a strategic partnership to deliver high-performance custom thermal management solutions.

AI infrastructure buildouts are straining supply chains, with limited equipment availability delaying data center development. Large power transformers can now carry lead times of up to four years, reinforcing the need for additional qualified supply channels and stronger coordination across procurement, certification and delivery. Many global manufacturers produce high-quality equipment but have a limited U.S. market presence due to complicated international trade requirements. Securing sufficient capacity can require developers to source across multiple manufacturers, introducing disparate equipment configurations and documentation packages that create additional complexity.

Instead of coordinating across several OEMs, NGEN acts as a single accountable partner, responsible for engineering oversight, documentation and certification, logistics and delivery support, equipment staging, field service, spare parts management and warranty coordination. This approach enables developers to access global manufacturing capacity that might otherwise be unavailable due to challenging engineering and documentation coordination, and lack of logistics and field support. NGEN’s U.S.-based engineering team also works with global and domestic OEM partners to fulfill the documentation requirements needed to meet customer specifications and applicable U.S. standards.

“This is a partnership we’re genuinely excited about. NGEN brings exactly the kind of engineering depth and project delivery capability that lets us focus on what we do best -and combining that with Air2O’s manufacturing expertise and 15 years of experience delivering high-performance, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible thermal management systems means we can move faster and deliver better outcomes for mission-critical projects,” said Mike Sullivan, CEO of Air2O. “Customers get real, hands-on coordination across engineering, delivery and long-term support, backed by manufacturing purpose-built for environments where failure isn’t an option.”

Under the agreement, NGEN leads project delivery, solutions engineering and U.S. code-compliant documentation, with installation, commissioning and maintenance support delivered jointly. Air2O provides engineering support, technician training and certification, on-site repair support and long-term spare-parts availability.

NGEN Mission Critical was founded by infrastructure engineers and developers with deep experience in building mission-critical facilities and managing global manufacturing ecosystems. The founders recognized a gap between accelerating U.S. infrastructure demand and the constrained equipment supply, extended lead times and fragmented procurement models limiting data center development.

By combining U.S.-based infrastructure engineering and development expertise with established manufacturing capabilities across Asia and the U.S., NGEN helps customers access additional equipment capacity through a more transparent, accountable and coordinated supply chain.

“With today’s supply constraints, the industry needs a better way to tap into resilient supply channels and keep projects on schedule,” said Jean Esquier, CEO and Co-Founder of NGEN Mission Critical. “Our service model helps data center developers achieve those goals. Built on transparency, accountability and scale, we remove those traditional barriers, providing our customers with access to qualified manufacturing capacity through a single partner.”

Learn more about NGEN Mission Critical’s single-accountability service model.

About NGEN Mission Critical

NGEN Mission Critical is a U.S.-based provider of critical power and cooling infrastructure, serving data centers, AI factories and utility-scale power generation. NGEN reduces lead times by pairing global and domestic manufacturing scalability with a fully integrated American engineering and service platform. In a market defined by equipment scarcity, extended procurement cycles and heightened regulatory scrutiny, NGEN delivers deployment certainty through disciplined regulatory compliance, coordinated sourcing and lifecycle accountability. From engineering validation through commissioning and ongoing operational support, NGEN ensures compliance, documentation integrity and performance continuity in mission-critical environments.

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