Growth Towers for indoor farming

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Growth Towers

What are IGS Growth Towers?

The IGS Growth Tower is a fully-automated, vertical farming system, utilising a Total Controlled Environment Agriculture (TCEA) platform. IGS Growth Towers are modular, scalable and come in heights of 6, 9 or 12 metres (20, 30 or 40 ft).

Our Growth Towers can be used to grow a wide range of seed-to-harvest and starter plants, as well as tree seedlings and pharmaceutical crops. They use TCEA principles to completely control the growing environment through resource-efficient, proven systems.  

Key features and architecture

Growth Trays with Lights (GTLs)

IGS GTLs are used for transporting and growing crops, housing the ventilation system, LED lighting, and hydroponic tray liner. These trays can be individually removed for cleaning or maintenance without disrupting the rest of the Growth Tower.

Irrigation is delivered via a central lift mechanism, while cameras can monitor crop development. This helps operators to predict and monitor crop health.

Bushy green basil growing under purple lights inside an IGS vertical farm.
Inside an vertical farm with 9 growth trays stacked vertically. LED lights are rainbow coloured.

Integrated lighting

Underneath each Growth Tray with Lights, ventilated LED strips illuminate on the tray below. Light spectra, intensity, and timing can be configured at tray level, depending on what crop is being grown.

Water going into a white pipe for hydroponic growing inside IGS vertical farm.

Closed-loop fertigation

Our trays use ebb-and-flood hydroponic technology to deliver nutrients and water. This closed-loop system recycles the dissolved nutrient solution back through the irrigation system, reducing water consumption.

Synchronised components

Our Growth Towers work in tandem with HVAC controls to optimise humidity, temperature, CO₂, and air flow. Humidity is condensed, captured, cleaned, and recycled, reducing water consumption and optimising efficiency.

Benefits of IGS Growth Towers

Our Growth Towers provide flexible and precise plant production in any climate, anywhere in the world. But what benefits do you gain over traditional methods?

Reduce labour through automated growth environment and process management

Highly automated growing environment compatible with standard horticultural automation

24/7 control of the growing environment

Dynamic lighting lowers OpEx and maximises productivity

Minimised water loss through condensate capture

Centralised, cloud-based data capture for performance analysis

Efficient CO2 enhancement for optimised growing conditions

Achieve 30-50% faster growth cycles on average

Modular structure enables easier maintenance and no disruption to operations

Capabilities of IGS Growth Towers

Our Growth Towers include technology which allows plants to thrive in the optimal conditions, with capabilities such as:

Close up of pepermint leaf under purple LED lights in IGS growth tower.

Manages light, temperature, humidity, water, nutrients and CO₂ levels

Supported LED dimming, pulsing and wavelength-mixing to maximise crop growth and quality

IoT-enabled remote monitoring and control of all systems

Remote crop monitoring and sensing with alerts

Designed to operate anywhere in the world

Can be grown with no protective chemicals or crop washing required (local regulations permitting)

Automated growth recipe deployment controls all environmental variables

Flexible growing environment allows multiple or single crops to be grown in each Growth Tower

Huge diversity in crop type growing capability with no hardware changes

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Our Growth Towers are a powerful, smart system built for any environment, anywhere in the world. Interested in investing in a vertical farm?

Find out:
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• how our Growth Towers can slot into an existing or new operation
• what scalability benefits they bring
• how they can unlock profitability for your operation

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