As technology improves, portable equipment manufacturers will continue to work to meet the growing needs of their customers, from those needing small-scale residential solutions all the way up to data centers and factories in need of industrial-grade solutions.

Portacool is unveiling its most powerful portable evaporative cooler. The new Hurricane™ 370 is a 48-inch variable speed cooler featuring patent-pending technology and a unique design to deliver unparalleled velocity that achieves maximum cooling comfort in the hardest to cool spaces.

Aggreko, a global provider of modular, mobile power and related solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of the equipment rental business of ICS Group Inc., a provider of portable climate control services in Canada.

Dehumidification product sales are on the rise as builders and homeowners alike are increasingly aware of the issues associated with high humidity in a home or occupied space.

The benefits of portables, including speedy implementation, reduced downtime, and cost-effectiveness, are continuing to gain recognition from end users. And, as end users experience these benefits and the resulting uptime, industry experts expect the portable market to continue to heat up.

Since they don’t have to stay in one place, portable cooling units have been known to show up in some pretty unique places. Here’s a closer look at how portable units are serving in some outside-the-box applications.