Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has unveiled the world’s first unmanned district cooling plant that uses artificial intelligence (AI) in Jumeirah Village Circle (JVC).

With a total capacity of 50,000 refrigeration tonnes, the plant’s total cost amounted to AED 250 million.

The move comes along with the company’s strategy to increase its cooling plants across the emirate in a bid to serve the largest number of projects.

The plant will use AI to monitor and automatically adjust inflow and outflow of the chilled water.

It will also use award-winning TSE and Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technologies to serve chilled water to 90 buildings through ETS Rooms located in each building.

The company affirmed that the plant is designed in accordance with global standards.

By completing this plant, Empower’s total plants will increase to 75% by the end of 2018.

The cooling plant is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2019.