Tiếng ViệtAccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA), global primary energy consumption in 2024 reached 619.6 exajoules (EJ), a 2% increase compared to 2023. This figure encompasses all energy sources including oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, and renewables. Global electricity production reached approximately 29,925 TWh, a 2.5% increase from the previous year. Despite this growth, several regions still face electricity shortages due to high demand, extreme weather, supply disruptions, geopolitical crises, and interruptions in the supply chain.
Founded in 1919 in Columbus, Indiana, USA, by Clessie Cummins and William G. Irwin, Cummins Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of engines and energy equipment. The company plays a significant role in global energy security through its comprehensive services in design, manufacturing, distribution, and maintenance. Cummins offers an integrated range of energy solutions spanning diesel, natural gas, electric, and hybrid powertrains, as well as essential components such as filtration, emission solutions, turbochargers, fuel systems, control systems, air handling, automatic transmissions, power generation systems, batteries, electrification systems, hydrogen technologies, and fuel cells.
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Mission: To continuously strengthen and expand our business offerings to support customer and partner growth for a more prosperous world.
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Vision: To continually innovate for customers, empowering success through a globally connected and highly skilled network.
In Vietnam, Cummins DKSH Vietnam Company Limited—a joint venture between Cummins Inc. and DKSH Group—was established in 2009 as the exclusive distributor of Cummins products in the country. The company supplies engines, generators, spare parts, filters, lubricants, as well as warranty, maintenance, and repair services. With over 100 employees located across Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City and spanning across the entire country, Cummins DKSH Vietnam provides end-to-end technical support for customer projects, including:
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Pre-sales support: Meeting customer expectations and creating high-value technical packages.
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Project management: Ensuring successful project design and management to deliver greater customer value and maintain project timelines.
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Installation assurance: Complying with Cummins’ technical requirements while addressing customer-specific needs.
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Commissioning and handover: Delivering professional commissioning services, operational training, and satisfactory handovers.
Cummins DKSH Vietnam serves various sectors such as aviation, automotive, manufacturing, construction, oil and gas, power plants, data centers, buildings, hotels, shopping malls, marine, mining, mobile homes, defense, agriculture, and railways.
Data centers are centralized infrastructures that house servers, storage, networking equipment, and technological components used to collect, process, store, and distribute data. They are critical to the IT operations of governments, organizations, businesses, and global digital services.
As noted by General Secretary To Lam in his speech at the First National Congress of the National Data Association: “We are entering the dawn of the digital age, where data has become a vital resource and a new form of energy—indeed, the ‘lifeblood’ of the digital economy. Digital transformation, with data at its core, is fundamentally reshaping how we live, work, and grow.”
Given the increasing global demand for data centers, ensuring a stable and uninterrupted power supply has become crucial. Furthermore, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) significantly increases electricity demand for AI server clusters, surpassing that of conventional servers. Between now and 2030, data center electricity demand is projected to grow by 10–15% annually, potentially accounting for 5% of total global electricity demand by 2030. A McKinsey study forecasts that global electricity demand for data centers will rise by 19–22% between 2023 and 2030, reaching 117–219 gigawatts (GW).
Key Insight: The growing demand for AI is transforming the data center landscape and fundamentally altering energy consumption patterns. Cummins is proud to partner with leading hyperscale data centers worldwide, ensuring continuous power supply for AI data center operations. Our clients include Google, IBM, Terremark, Telstra, HP, Interxion, Citibank, SingTel, AIG, Digital Realty, Wipro, Tata, Reliance, Savvis, Colt, Hutchison Global Center, Samsung…, as well as local data centers such as Viettel, VNPT, CMC, FPT, and VNG…
Cummins provides a range of generator systems for data centers, including:
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Diesel generators from 17kVA to 3750kVA.
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Gas generators from 40kW to 2000kW.
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Digital parallel switching panels, automatic transfer switch (ATS) systems, and remote-control panels capable of managing power systems globally.
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Reducing CO₂ emissions from current products (diesel engines and generators)
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Transitioning to clean energy sources: hydrogen, fuel cells, and hybrid systems
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Optimizing energy efficiency through advanced technologies
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Reduce CO₂ emissions by 25% from products by 2030
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Achieve Net Zero across the entire supply chain and product lifecycle by 2050
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells & Electrification: Cummins is developing hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries for commercial vehicles and generators. Collaborations with Daimler Truck and Hyundai focus on hydrogen-powered trucks.
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Clean Generators: Cummins offers hybrid generators that reduce diesel consumption and is developing hydrogen and renewable energy-powered generators for data centers.
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Renewable Energy Solutions: Integration of solar and wind energy into Cummins’ power systems, along with smart energy storage solutions like the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), which helps optimize grid performance.
Green transition:
The green transition involves adopting sustainable development models, using clean energy and advanced technologies to reduce emissions. Cummins is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 under its “Destination Zero” initiative, which focuses on:
Goals:
Cummins’ Green Technologies Include:
Author: MSc. Tung Nguyen Quang – Assistant Manager & Business Development, Cummins DKSH Vietnam Co., Ltd.
