KLCC District Cooling

KLCC District Cooling is a centralized facility that distributes chilled water to buildings throughout the Kuala Lumpur City Centre area. The infrastructure serves office towers, shopping centers, and the convention center through an underground network of pipes that manages temperature control for multiple structures simultaneously.

The facility began operations during the 1990s development of Kuala Lumpur City Centre. It replaced individual cooling systems in separate buildings with a single unified network that has served the entire complex since its establishment.

The cooling system exemplifies Malaysian engineering capabilities by maintaining comfort in indoor spaces while respecting local architectural traditions.

Visitors experience the effects of this system in the comfortable, consistently cooled indoor spaces throughout office buildings, shops, and public areas across the complex. The underground pipes and machinery operate invisibly behind the scenes to maintain these controlled conditions.

The system employs gas-powered turbine-driven chillers to generate and circulate cold water through its underground pipe network. This centralized approach enables more efficient energy use across the entire district compared to individual cooling systems in each building.

Location: Kuala Lumpur

GPS coordinates: 3.15791,101.71576

Latest update: December 14, 2025 12:27