LUXEMBOURG, 19 October 2026 – H2oVortex has won the Water-Smart Industry Award for its IVG-CT coolingtower solution, bringing European recognition to a technology that helps industrial operators reduce freshwater demand, improve cooling efficiency and recover water otherwise discharged. The award was presented to Alain Mestat, Managing Partner of H2oVortex, during a gala dinner held in Dublin as part of Water Europe’s Water Innovation Europe 2026 forum, in the presence of European Commission officials and water industry leaders. It recognises industrial leadership in water stewardship, circularity, resilience and competitiveness. For H2oVortex, the recognition carries a clear commercial message: better water management can strengthen industrial performance. The award adds to H2oVortex’s growing recognition at European level. IVG-CT features in the European Commission’s INCITE portal of innovative industrial techniques, while H2oVortex is included in the EU-funded BOOST-IN mapping of circular water innovation solutions. Together, these milestones highlight the relevance of the company’s technology to Europe’s ambitions for water resilience, resource efficiency and industrial competitiveness. Meeting the cooling challenge behind digital growth The expansion of data centres and artificial intelligence is putting cooling infrastructure under increasing scrutiny. For facilities using cooling towers, the challenge reaches beyond electricity consumption to the water needed to keep...