Modular Central Utility Plants
EAS combines engineering expertise with modular innovation to deliver the next generation of Central Utility Plants for data centers and other mission-critical facilities. These modular systems bring predictable performance, scalability, and control to operations where uptime is non-negotiable.
What Is a Modular Central Utility Plant?
An EAS Modular Central Utility Plant (CUP) is a fully engineered, factory-assembled system that houses the mechanical and electrical equipment required to support a facility’s core utilities, including chilled water, hot water, compressed air, power, and other process systems.
Each modular central plant is custom-designed and built around the specific requirements of the facility, with no model numbers or footprint constraints. Configurations may include chillers, boilers, air compressors, heat exchangers, and pumps. Additionally, a central utility plant construction may also require strainers, cooling towers, structural platforms, piping spools, instrumentation, and complete electrical rooms. All of these equipment are integrated into a single modular solution to manage critical operations.
Every component within a modular processing plant is fully accessible from inside the structure, eliminating the need for exterior service panels and simplifying long-term maintenance.
Featured Project
EAS partnered with the University of Maryland as the design-assist lead for a 600,000-square-foot hospital serving the greater Washington, D.C. region.
We delivered a fully integrated modular Central Utility Plant (CUP) to power the facility’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems with turnkey efficiency. EAS engineered, fabricated, and shipped approximately 30,000 square feet of CUP infrastructure, delivered in 93 modular sections for streamlined on-site installation.
Off-Site Construction. On-Site Certainty.
By manufacturing each modular plant off-site in a controlled environment, EAS ensures consistent quality, efficient, and safe working conditions. This approach removes the variables of weather, labor shortages, and field coordination that are common in traditional central utility plants. Through off-site mechanical fabrication, the project benefits from faster installation. It reduces rework and provides a more reliable performance.
All of our modular central plants are assembled and tested before shipment to ensure complete system functionality. Once delivered, units arrive ready for central utility plant integration and operations, providing schedule certainty from day one.
Flexible by Design
EAS CUPs are engineered to fit any footprint, capacity, or architectural requirement.
Systems can scale from 100 to 120,000+ tons, optimized for redundancy, climate-specific efficiency, and energy performance.
Our modular central utility plant design allows future expansion. You can install what you need now and add capacity later. This approach defers capital costs without compromising reliability. As UL-labeled mechanical equipment, EAS CUPs also qualify for equipment depreciation benefits, providing both performance and financial advantages.
Proven Expertise
With more than 40 years of modular manufacturing experience and over 1.5 GW of cooling capacity delivered, EAS has established itself as a trusted provider for hyperscale and enterprise data centers, life sciences, and high-performance industrial facilities.
Our integrated approach unites design, fabrication, logistics, and installation into a coordinated process. From modular chiller plants to modular hydrogen plant projects, we deliver measurable improvements in safety, schedule control, and performance
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The One Solution Difference
EAS delivers program-scale systems engineered for uptime, scalability, and precision, creating the standard trusted by data center and mission-critical leaders nationwide.
Our complete, end-to-end delivery model ensures one reliable, efficient process from design through commissioning.