Crestchic Loadbanks expands into Sweden

Crestchic Loadbanks has announced its expansion into Sweden. The move is a significant step forward in the company’s strategy to better serve customers across the Nordic region with both air-cooled and liquid cooled loadbanks.

With over 40 years of experience delivering load bank solutions to more than 50 countries, Crestchic has established itself as a trusted partner across a broad range of industries. Crestchic operates in the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, supporting critical applications in standby power generation, marine engineering, utilities, and the military sector.

Sweden has been selected as the base for Nordic operations due to its rapidly expanding data centre market and Crestchic’s established relationships with data centre owners, developers, and commissioning contractors in the region. The Nordic data centre market is forecast to grow at over 10% annually through to 2028, driven by demand from hyperscalers and co-location providers seeking stable, low-carbon energy infrastructure. As facilities grow in scale and complexity, including the rapid adoption of liquid cooling technologies to manage the thermal demands of high-density AI and HPC workloads, the need for reliable, accurate, high-capacity liquid and air cooled loadbanks has never been greater.

The Swedish expansion is underpinned by significant investment at Crestchic’s UK headquarters. The company has recently signed the lease on a new facility in Burton-on-Trent that will more than double its manufacturing footprint, with plans to increase production output by a further 75% in the coming years, in a direct response to growing demand from global markets.

Speaking about the expansion, Chris Caldwell, Managing Director, commented:

“After more than 40 years delivering mission-critical load testing solutions, Crestchic is growing at a pace that reflects the scale of opportunity in front of us. The Nordic data centre market is currently one of the most active in Europe, and we already have strong relationships with the key players driving that growth. This expansion puts us closer to our customers at exactly the right time.“

Leading Crestchic’s new Swedish operation is Richard Modin, a highly experienced operations and service management professional with over two decades of experience working across the Stockholm region. Richard’s background in managing complex, customer-facing service operations means he is well placed to support the contractors, developers and end users who will be working with Crestchic across the Nordics.

Richard adds, “Crestchic has a long and proven track record in designing and manufacturing load banks that perform in the most demanding environments. Add to that genuine market knowledge, local technicians with hands-on expertise, and a sales team that understands the products and the sectors they serve, and you have a team that can make a real difference to customers here. We are excited to build lasting partnerships across the Nordics.”

What sets Crestchic apart in this market is its unique dual capability as both a leading equipment manufacturer and an established rental operator, a combination no other provider in the sector can offer. Whether a customer requires equipment specified and built to exacting project requirements, or flexible rental solutions to support commissioning and ongoing maintenance programmes, Crestchic is the only partner able to deliver both under one roof. The company is part of the Aggreko group, a collection of specialist companies covering temporary power, temperature control, decarbonisation, renewables and rooftop solar. The group gives us access to global knowledge-sharing and continued investment in new technologies.

As part of the expansion, Crestchic’s Swedish depot will offer a comprehensive range of load banks, with capacities from 10kW to 100MW and voltages from 110V to 36,000V, ensuring a solution for every project scale and specification.