 Welcome back to JSA TV the newsroom for tech telecom and data center professionals. We are live from PTC 23 here in sunny Honolulu, Hawaii. This is the best PTC to date The biggest and the best today and joining me today is Scott Gailey Svp of sales North America for K&N engineering Scott. Welcome to JSA TV. Hi. Thank you so much for having me today It's our first time to PTC. So we're taking everything in and very excited to be here Yeah, so I hear that you have some exciting news to talk to us about today, which is amazing But before we get into that news of what actually brings you here to PTC today So as part of coming to PTC, as I said, this is our first time to exhibit here and we've recently so Backtrack for a second. We've been an automotive filtration company for 50 years We're known for our washable reusable products that add power and performance to your car so more torque more horsepower is what we give to an automobile and we were About three years ago a hyperscalar approached us with an opportunity to make our filters in a data center so we started on that project and Through a three-year process. We're finally in rollout now after pilot and we're excited to share our filtration projects with the world Well, so I mean you've been in the filtration business for over 50 years now, right? So just definitely a disruptor in the space and some of that exciting Significant news that you have launched here at PTC Do you want to tell viewers a little bit more and by the way, they do have like the best Booth here in the hub. So what a great presence that you brought here to PTC for your first time So if you're here live at PTC be sure to stop by the K&N engineering booth You can't miss it because it is definitely the biggest and best one here on the floor So congrats for having such a great presence here on the floor at PTC So why don't you dive right into some of that news? Yeah, talk a little bit more about that Well, first I have to say thank you for our booth work again It's our first time here We do a lot of consumer events as an organization and Nick O'Kane has been leading the charge for us here So he'll be glad to hear that. So thank you. You're welcome. Yeah Our news is we've created our own separate industrial division within K&N It's still part of our core company But now we are focused on data center in the industrial space with our application products We've designed products filtration products that are Merv 8 to 14 that have 15 year life and Then also are going to improve performance overall and reduce power consumption and bring more of sustainability program really With infiltration now throw away filters you're throwing them throwing those away on a three to twelve month period and With K&N industrial filters now we're looking at a 15 year life on that so Major changes and very disruptive overall in the marketplace Well, you touched a little bit about sustainability and obviously that is you know Hot topic a critical important topic of the data center industry You know every event and every panel is touching on sustainability and obviously as you can see We are all about sustainability to here at JSA with our greener data movement and the launch of our greener data directory So can you tell us a little bit more about K&N's sustainability pillar and why it's so important to your organization as a whole Yeah, I think From our tradition in our background our roots, right? We've always been a washable reusable sustainable product And it just made sense as we looked at the data center space looking at really the commitment to ESG Specifically by hyperscalers that this was a great opportunity and kind of a convergence of really what we're seeing in the marketplace So from a product standpoint it just made a lot of sense And then overall with really the focus on power savings, right? We've shown in our pilot that there's actual power savings from air handling units using Having more air go through so in an automotive automotive world More air equals more power or horse power and when you take that technology here And more air actually hands have to work less hard So you have power savings involved so it really ties into our DNA and who we are really a performance company is who we are first So from the cars to the data center, that's right, right Technology the only difference is people that are familiar with our automotive products They are a an oil cotton product where you need to clean You have to use a cleaner for it, but with our data center industrial product I it's only a simple water garden hose needed to clean it. So less than a hundred PSI to clean it Well, you talked a lot about hyperscalers and we know about the data center industry Are there companies like within the ecosystem of the data center that data center industry That would benefit as well, you know It's funny, you know on the way from the airport to here You just look out and you see buildings everywhere and all those buildings need a filter, right? So there is significant opportunity Not only in the data center space, but the broader industrial space for our filtration products really to make a difference overall Well, is there any trends or any insights that you want to give us that you're Anticipating in the data center industry within the next year or so, you know, it's really Movement in and we're not experts by any stress imagination. We're new to this space But as we have conversation and dialogue really the use of outside air to be able to have that in this space is very very you know as a need to happen for all to to get a better better PUE and You know part of that that we think we can bring forward is really our filtration products can help that and What can we expect in the coming months from K&N? I mean, this was a significant launch for you guys. We know that our team at home was supporting you Here we're seeing K&N everywhere on the floor All over the headlines within PTC. So what else is coming up, you know, that's a great question So first of all, thank you to the JSA team. They've been tremendous help as we're trying to learn this space They've really guided us and really laid out an exceptional plan for us to follow for the next year So we're in the middle of some product announcements right now And then secondly the one thing that we that we're really driving home is very customizable of what we do and that's kind of in our DNA as well to not every You know data center data hall is gonna have the same requirement So we can work with our individual customers to meet the requirements that they need as they get ready to go to Pilots, so we have a big big engineering team. We are K&N engineering and we invest heavily in that and we have the resources But provide solutions to our customer states. So tailored Sustainable everything that yeah, everything you would want right right So where can viewers go if they want to learn more? They can go to kandfilters.com backslash industrial and they'll be able to see a brief information there I will say up front. We have been a little bit stealth about our rollout overall as that We're trying to get you know kind of speed to market kind of piece. So more information will be upcoming We will be adding more information to the site And if anybody would like to contact me would love to have a conversation with them They can reach out to you on LinkedIn LinkedIn and then Scott dot gaily at kandfilters.com. There you go. Well Scott. It's such a pleasure to have you Congrats to K&N engineering and the team for launching the data center division here at PTC 23 And thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV live from the biggest and best PTC ever Happy networking