Degree Controls & Adaptive Cool at FMA Summits

A data center cooling innovator winning attention from Navy, DOE and major facility owners at a mission critical energy summit.

Data center cooling event. Energy efficiency summit. Mission critical infrastructure buyers in one room.

“We Were the Only Ones in the Room”

Why Degree Controls and Adaptive Cool choose the FMA Critical Infrastructure & Optimization Summit instead of crowded data center trade shows.

Rajes Nyer

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Degree Controls and Adaptive Cool

Degree Controls specializes in energy and heat management for data centers. These facilities are one of the largest growing energy loads in modern organizations. The mission is simple. Make data centers more efficient, more resilient and more cost effective through airflow and cooling optimization.

Many data center vendors have the same problem. Large data center shows are crowded. The floor is packed with cooling, monitoring, cabling and software providers that all look and sound similar. It is hard to stand out and even harder to get real time with serious buyers.

At the FMA Critical Infrastructure & Optimization Summit the dynamic changes. The audience is built around mission critical energy and infrastructure leaders. Data centers are one of the problems they need to solve, not the only topic in the room. That gives a specialist like Degree Controls a much stronger position.

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Why This Event Outperforms Traditional Data Center Shows

1. No direct competition for data center cooling

At a standard data center event, every aisle has multiple cooling and airflow vendors. At the FMA Summit, Rajes and his team were the only data center cooling and airflow intelligence company in the room. That focus made their story stand out and pulled in more serious conversations.

2. Direct access to high value facility owners

Attendees include the United States Navy, Department of Energy, universities, hospitals, pharma labs, industrial plants, utilities and other mission critical facilities. These organizations manage large energy loads and have active projects around efficiency and resiliency. They are the buyers that data center cooling companies want to reach.

3. A story that gets attention instead of blending in

Degree Controls used the summit to show how intelligent airflow and cooling can cut energy waste in data centers and other critical spaces. In a room where data centers are seen as an emerging challenge, the message feels fresh and important. That creates curiosity and time with the right people.

4. Real 1 to 1 conversations, not quick badge scans

The FMA format is built around guaranteed private meetings and structured networking. Instead of hoping the right person walks past the booth, sponsors sit down with facility and energy leaders who have already picked them. That is why small technical teams like Degree Controls can produce more pipeline from a focused two day summit than from months of outbound outreach.

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What Rajes Said About the Summit

“We are a small company. We may not always have access to organizations like the US Navy, DOE and other large groups. At this event we did. Coming here and telling our story got a lot of attention. It has worked out very well and it was worth it. Absolutely.”

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Why Data Center Cooling Teams Attend FMA Summits

• Private 1 to 1 meetings with facility and energy leaders who manage data centers and other critical loads.
• Little or no competition in the same category which keeps the message clear.
• Access to Navy, DOE, utilities, universities, hospitals, pharma labs and industrial plants in one room.
• Two days that can replace months of outbound outreach and trade show travel.
• A format that rewards technical depth and problem solving instead of noisy booths.

This is the same model used by other energy and infrastructure sponsors such as GE Vernova, PowerSecure, Kaeser Compressors, LG, Covanta and more.

Want These Buyers in Your Data Center Pipeline

Learn how FMA Summits builds a room of facility, data center and energy decision makers and guarantees private meetings for sponsors. See the Critical Infrastructure & Optimization Summit details, attendee profile and meeting packages.

View the 2026 Critical Infrastructure Summit

Data center event. Mission critical energy summit. Designed for companies that sell cooling, monitoring, generation, storage and optimization.