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AI capital and compute crossing borders worldwide, closest on the Gulf and North America

Rows of closely spaced parallel metal cooling fins on large industrial thermal equipment US

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SLB agrees to buy a German heat-management firm for $4.1bn

SLB has signed an agreement to acquire Kelvion, a German maker of industrial heat exchangers and data-centre cooling systems, from Apollo and Triton funds for about $3.4bn in cash plus about $0.7bn in assumed debt. The deal has not closed and still needs regulatory approvals.

Chandni Melwani

Chandni Melwani

US · Aug 31, 2026

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