Method for controlling a process of cooling a number of glass moulds with a cooling medium during the production of glass bodies or hollow glass bodies, in a section machine with a further number of production sections, wherein a production section of the section machine is respectively assigned at least one of the glass moulds, and - for cooling the number of glass moulds, the cooling medium is supplied jointly, wherein the supplying of the shared cooling medium for the number of glass moulds is jointly controlled and the shared cooling medium is assigned a number of absolute cooling medium parameters and the absolute cooling medium parameters are determined as cooling medium parameters that are shared by the number of glass moulds, characterised in that - for the cooling medium is assigned and set as absolute cooling medium parameters that can be set jointly for the number of glass moulds at least one cooling capability, specifically a cooling output, and a cooling pressure, wherein - on the basis of a desired cooling capability, specifically desired cooling output, of the cooling medium, a cooling capability variable is determined by a primary actuating device, and the cooling capability variable is prescribed to a secondary actuating device, - depending on the prescribed cooling capability variable, a cooling pressure variable is prescribed by the secondary actuating device on the basis of the cooling pressure of the cooling medium in such a way that a cooling capability, specifically a cooling output, of the cooling medium is made to approximate to the desired cooling capability, specifically a cooling output, of the cooling medium, - a variable describing the cooling capability is a defined cooling output taking into account a mass and/or volume flow of the cooling medium, a temperature of the cooling medium and a humidity of the cooling medium and/or - a variable describing the cooling capability is a temperature of the cooling medium and/or a humidity of the cooling medium, optionally taking into account a mass and/or volume flow of the cooling medium. - for cooling the number of glass moulds, the cooling medium is supplied jointly, wherein the supplying of the shared cooling medium for the number of glass moulds is jointly controlled and the shared cooling medium is assigned a number of absolute cooling medium parameters and the absolute cooling medium parameters are determined as cooling medium parameters that are shared by the number of glass moulds, characterised in that - for the cooling medium is assigned and set as absolute cooling medium parameters that can be set jointly for the number of glass moulds at least one cooling capability, specifically a cooling output, and a cooling pressure, wherein - on the basis of a desired cooling capability, specifically desired cooling output, of the cooling medium, a cooling capability variable is determined by a primary actuating device, and the cooling capability variable is prescribed to a secondary actuating device, - depending on the prescribed cooling capability variable, a cooling pressure variable is prescribed by the secondary actuating device on the basis of the cooling pressure of the cooling medium in such a way that a cooling capability, specifically a cooling output, of the cooling medium is made to approximate to the desired cooling capability, specifically a cooling output, of the cooling medium, - a variable describing the cooling capability is a defined cooling output taking into account a mass and/or volume flow of the cooling medium, a temperature of the cooling medium and a humidity of the cooling medium and/or - a variable describing the cooling capability is a temperature of the cooling medium and/or a humidity of the cooling medium, optionally taking into account a mass and/or volume flow of the cooling medium.