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Johnson Controls

Cork, Ireland · AI Core · Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermal · johnsoncontrols.com

Johnson Controls supplies YORK chillers, absorption chillers, cooling distribution units and high-temperature heat pumps, including products designed for high-density AI data centers and industrial electrification.

Positioning

Johnson Controls is no longer a building-automation company with a data center side business. Data center revenue is a high-teens percentage of fiscal 2026 sales and the CFO has said it could reach roughly one-third of total company revenue within three to five years. Fiscal Q3 2026 organic sales rose 10 percent to USD 6.6 billion with Applied HVAC posting high-teens growth driven by data center cooling; adjusted segment EBITA margin widened 220 basis points to 19.8 percent; backlog reached a record USD 21 billion, up more than 30 percent, with Americas orders up 37 percent. The technical position rests on two things: NVIDIA certification for its cooling distribution units, with a pipeline above USD 1 billion and shipments beginning, plus a jointly developed AI-factory thermal reference guide; and an absorption chiller reference design the company says cuts cooling electrical demand by approximately 44 percent at a 1 gigawatt AI factory by converting waste heat into cooling, unlocking 97 megawatts of additional compute capacity, which changes site selection economics for hyperscalers. It released the YORK YK-HT two-stage economized centrifugal chiller and exited residential HVAC to focus the portfolio. Its relevance doubles because it led the Accelsius USD 65 million Series B on 2026-01-12, putting it on both sides of the two-phase versus single-phase question.

Latest signals

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  • York went public on the NYSE in January 2026.Payload

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Facts, with sources

  • controlled_by: public floatOwnership change · www.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-15
  • Johnson Controls launches high-temperature heat pumps for industrial electrificationProduct launch · www.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-15
  • High-temperature heat pumps for industrial electrificationProduct launch · www.prnewswire.com — 2026-09-15
  • Absorption chiller reference design for AI factoriesProduct launch · finance.biggo.com

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Scores, AI Core (of 10)

Deployment8
Production8
Commercials10
Progress10
Technology8
Positioning8
Firepower10
Leverage10

Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

Peers in Cooling & thermal

20Vertiv · 9653Schneider Electric · 9061Trane Technologies · 8962Alfa Laval · 8968LG Electronics · 8876Corintis · 87

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Questions this page answers

What does Johnson Controls do?

Johnson Controls supplies YORK chillers, absorption chillers, cooling distribution units and high-temperature heat pumps, including products designed for high-density AI data centers and industrial electrification. Johnson Controls is no longer a building-automation company with a data center side business. Data center revenue is a high-teens percentage of fiscal 2026 sales and the CFO has said it could reach roughly one-third of total company revenue within three to five years. Fiscal Q3 2026 organic sales rose 10 percent to USD 6.6 billion with Applied HVAC posting high-teens growth driven by data center c

Where does Johnson Controls rank in ai core?

Johnson Controls ranks 66 of 100 on the AI Infra 100 (November 2026 edition) with a score of 88 out of 100, in Cooling & thermal (Power, cooling & thermal). Assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Who are Johnson Controls's peers in Cooling & thermal?

Vertiv (rank 20), Schneider Electric (rank 53), Trane Technologies (rank 61), Alfa Laval (rank 62), LG Electronics (rank 68), Corintis (rank 76).

Where is Johnson Controls based and when was it founded?

Johnson Controls is based in Cork, Ireland.

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