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Omen AI, which makes real-time sensors for the liquid that cools data-center chips, is buying Aquatic Labs, a water-chemistry sensor maker, for $16 million in cash and stock. Aquatic's founder Allan Adams, a physicist and former MIT professor, becomes chief science officer.
Operators today mail fluid samples to a lab and wait days, and when the coolant degrades they often drain it and shut down.
Omen says its sensors will monitor 250 to 300 megawatts of chips by year-end and wants 1 by the end of 2027, with a combined sensor on sale in early 2027. It raised a $31 million in June.
Omen AI buys Aquatic Labs for $16 million to watch the water cooling AI chips
Omen AI, which makes real-time sensors for the liquid that cools data-center chips, is buying Aquatic Labs, a water-chemistry sensor maker, for $16 million in cash and stock. Aquatic's founder Allan Adams, a physicist and former MIT professor, becomes chief science officer. Operators today mail fluid samples to a lab and wait days, and when the coolant degrades they often drain it and shut down. Omen says its sensors will monitor 250 to 300 megawatts of chips by year-end and wants 1 gigawatt by the end of 2027, with a combined sensor on sale in early 2027. It raised a $31 million Series A in June. SourcesB
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This story ran in the Afternoon Brief of November 2nd 2026.