DLB Associates is an MEP and technology consulting engineering firm, founded in 1980, that designs data center and mission-critical infrastructure for hyperscale and AI computing.
DLB Associates is a mechanical, electrical, plumbing and technology consulting engineering firm founded in 1980. The firm designs and builds mission-critical infrastructure, with a particular focus on data center engineering for hyperscale and AI computing workloads. Its practice spans MEP engineering, technology consulting, resilient facility design, energy efficiency, liquid-to-chip cooling and indoor environment optimization, delivered on projects across international data center campuses.
The firm's data center work includes the design of some of the largest data center campuses worldwide, among them eight of the largest Google data center campuses. It also develops liquid-to-chip cooling solutions for high-density AI and hyperscale computing environments, and applies its MEP and technology consulting services to indoor environments built for computers, people, products or agriculture. Its client base includes some of the world's most influential technology companies.
DLB Associates describes its methodology as adaptive and built on a clean-slate approach that challenges traditional engineering conventions, with precision, scalability and resilience as core values. The firm states that its purpose is to change how mission-critical infrastructure is designed and built, and has published reference works on data center engineering.
