Vertiv is set to acquire data center fluid management firm King Environmental Services (KES).

The power and cooling vendor has agreed a deal for Ireland-based KES, which provides fluid management, commissioning and load-testing services for high-density, liquid-cooled data centers and other applications.

Financial terms have not been disclosed, and the deal is expected to close before the end of the year.

According to Vertiv, the acquisition will help expand its “thermal management services capabilities into EMEA and advance its strategy to support customers across the thermal chain.” The company said: “KES adds specialized fluid management, commissioning and load-testing capabilities spanning system preparation, performance validation, monitoring, maintenance and lifecycle optimization.”

Vertiv already offers fluid management to clients in North America, and last year bought another company that operates in the space, PurgeRite, in a deal worth more than $1 billion.

“As computing density increases, the performance of cooling and power infrastructure will depend as much on execution in the field as on engineering and system design,” said Gio Albertazzi, CEO of Vertiv.

“Our acquisition of PurgeRite established an important fluid management foundation in North America, and KES is expected to build on that foundation in EMEA. Together, these acquisitions advance our strategy to provide the specialised expertise and disciplined execution customers need as they deploy increasingly complex infrastructure at scale.”

KES is headquartered near Dublin, Ireland, and serves customers across the EMEA region. Founded in 2002, its website features projects it has undertaken for the likes of Microsoft and Equinix.