Omen AI Acquires Aquatic Labs in $16M Deal for Data Center Cooling

2 Nov 2026, 8:30 pm · 2h ago · 1 min read · TechCrunch AINew

Amount

$16M

Stage

M&A

AI startup Omen AI has acquired Aquatic Labs in a $16 million deal aimed at resolving the escalating water consumption challenges in modern data centers. As artificial intelligence workloads expand rapidly, data centers require significant amounts of water for liquid cooling infrastructure. Through this acquisition, Omen AI integrates Aquatic Labs' specialized liquid cooling know-how and proprietary thermal management technologies into its existing optimization stack. The transaction highlights intensifying efforts across the technology sector to develop sustainable infrastructure solutions, curtail massive environmental footprints, and improve resource efficiency for high-density computing clusters running complex artificial intelligence models globally.