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Cooling & thermal (Power, cooling & thermal) in AI infrastructure: the 8 leaders on the AI Infra 100

November 2026 edition · 8 of 100 companies · rank is the position on the AI Infra 100

8 of the 100 companies on the AI Infra 100 are in the Cooling & thermal segment of Power, cooling & thermal, from 6 countries. The highest ranked is Vertiv, rank 20 of 100 with a score of 96. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the AI infrastructure landscape.

RankCompanyCategory / segmentCountryScore
20VertivVertiv supplies data-center cooling, including liquid cooling, chillers and cooling distribution units, for high-density AI and HPC data centers.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalUnited States96
53Schneider ElectricSchneider Electric sells 800 VDC data center cooling architecture for AI workloads to data center operators and infrastructure customers.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalFrance90
61Trane TechnologiesTrane Technologies supplies HVAC and thermal-management systems for data centers, with liquid-cooling capability added through the Stellar Energy and LiquidStack acquisitions.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalIreland89
62Alfa LavalAlfa Laval sells FreeWaterLoop cooling systems and brazed plate heat exchangers to data center operators and cooling-system manufacturers serving AI infrastructure.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalSweden89
66Johnson ControlsJohnson 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.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalIreland88
68LG ElectronicsLG Electronics supplies data-center cooling, including coolant distribution units, liquid-immersion cooling and predictive cooling controls, for hyperscale and other data centers.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalSouth Korea88
76CorintisCorintis makes microfluidic cold plates and chip-specific cooling systems for AI data-center chips, plus custom cooling design services.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalSwitzerland87
83CarrierCarrier supplies data-center thermal infrastructure, including QuantumLeap and interoperable single- and two-phase direct-to-chip liquid cooling integrated with traditional HVAC through intelligent controls.Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermalUnited States86

Score out of 100: traction (deployment, production, commercials, progress) and capability (technology, positioning, firepower, leverage). The full AI Infra 100 with filters →

AI Infra 100 by country

United States 46Japan 12China 7Taiwan 7Germany 5Ireland 3Netherlands 3South Korea 3Switzerland 3United Kingdom 3France 2Australia 1Canada 1Israel 1Italy 1Singapore 1Sweden 1

AI Infra 100 by region

North America 47Asia 30Europe 21Middle East 1Oceania 1

AI Infra 100 by category

Power, cooling & thermal 19Networking & interconnect 16Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs 16Data center build & operate 13Fabrication, memory & packaging 12Compute demand & operators 8Chips & accelerators 6Agents & tooling 3Compute software 3Models & applications 2Safety & security 2

AI Infra 100 by segment

Optical & photonic interconnect 11Cooling & thermal 8Advanced packaging 7Deposition, etch & metrology 7Colocation & wholesale 6Hyperscalers 5Rack & server power delivery 5Servers, racks & system integration 5Grid & power equipment 4EDA & design tools 3Frontier labs as compute buyers 3Inference & serving clouds 3Lithography 3Accelerator design 2Custom silicon & IP 2Foundry 2Generation for data centers 2HBM & DRAM 2Hyperscale developers 2Security 2Switching & NICs 2Test, measurement & validation 2Wafers, chemicals & gases 2Agent platforms 1Cables, connectors & PCB 1China accelerators 1Data platforms & labeling 1Generative media 1Inference-specialist chips 1Open-weight labs 1Orchestration 1Photonic foundry & PIC platforms 1Rare earths, minerals & gases 1

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Who are the top Cooling & thermal companies in AI infrastructure?

Vertiv ranks highest (rank 20 of 100, score 96). The Cooling & thermal segment (Power, cooling & thermal) holds 8 of the 100 companies on the AI Infra 100: Vertiv, Schneider Electric, Trane Technologies, Alfa Laval and Johnson Controls and 3 more. Ranking from the AI Infra 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

Which companies supply Cooling & thermal for AI infrastructure?

Vertiv, Schneider Electric, Trane Technologies, Alfa Laval and Johnson Controls and 3 more. Each has a company file with scores, facts and signals. Ranking from the AI Infra 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.

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