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History

A Tradition of innovation that spans three decades

To meet the dynamic challenges…

Since our founding in 1971, we’ve not only evolved into a global leader in the design and manufacture of engineered enclosures, we also stand among its leading innovators.

AFCO Systems introduced the first engineered, air-cooled thermal solution more than a decade ago. Today, our track record of innovation continues, with the only line of products that can handle “high-density” datacenter environments with minimal change in infrastructure.

Within the past decade, AFCO has been the source of many industry “firsts” and the recipient of numerous accolades.

1996 — Industry’s First Dynamic Thermal Server Enclosure created to meet the challenge

2002Dynamic thermal and power management system designed for innovative “lights-out datacenter” at leading global brokerage firm (resource manager)

2003 — Industry’s first scalable enclosure design with unique cable sidecar moves cables outside of cabinet

2005High-Density Switch enclosure engineered to address power challenges inherent to Cisco 6509 switch

2006Extreme High-Density (EHD) solution introduced to meet cooling demands of Blade Servers at multi-national financial corporation

2006 — AFCO Systems receives the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Power Quality & Power Suppliers Technology Innovation of the Year Award

2007 — AFCO Systems launches first dual coil redundant 42kW water cooled system