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Research · Oct 24, 2026
AI Data Center Cooling Contracting Shifts Toward Early Capacity Booking
Comfort Systems USA, Munters and Indutrade say AI data center buyers now book labor and cooling capacity early; FIX backlog rose 27% to $17.8 billion in Q3 2026.
Research · Sep 3, 2026
[MOD] Modine Compounds Thermal Management Franchise Through Data Center Cooling And Margin Mix Shift
Modine Manufacturing Company is a Racine, Wisconsin-headquartered thermal-management company that designs, engineers, and manufactures thermal-management systems and components, products that move and manage heat across a range of applications. Modine has historically been an automotive and vehicular thermal-management supplier providing heat-exchange and thermal products for vehicles and industrial applications, and over recent years the company has undertaken a significant portfolio transformation, shifting the business mix toward higher-margin, higher-growth thermal applications, most notably data-center cooling where the company provides cooling systems for data centers. The business spans several principal areas: the data-center cooling and the broader climate-solutions and high-performance thermal applications are the higher-growth, higher-margin focus, and the vehicular and the industrial thermal businesses provide heat-exchange and thermal products for vehicles, off-highway equipment, and industrial applications. On selected various aggregate disclosure, the fiscal 2025 financial profile reflects total revenue at the scale characteristic of a diversified thermal-management company, an operating margin profile that has expanded as the business mix has shifted toward the higher-margin segments, and a balance-sheet position consistent with a well-capitalized industrial company. The thermal-management systems core franchise anchors revenue, supported by the data-center cooling business producing a high-growth, higher-margin revenue contribution supported by the structural growth of data-center construction, by the vehicular and industrial thermal businesses producing a meaningful revenue contribution, and by the thermal-management technology and engineering capability as the underlying franchise asset. The multi-cycle data-center cooling demand combined with the margin mix shift drives the multi-year trajectory, with the data-center cooling demand reflecting the structural growth of data-center construction and the increasing cooling requirements including the higher-density computing associated with AI workloads, and the margin mix shift reflecting the transformation of the business mix toward the higher-margin segments that has driven the operating-margin expansion. Capital structure is consistent with a well-capitalized industrial company, and a capital allocation framework focused on reinvestment in the higher-growth thermal businesses and portfolio management. The bull case anchors on the data-center cooling growth, the margin mix shift, and the thermal-management technology; the bear case anchors on the cyclicality of the vehicular and industrial end markets, the competitive intensity in data-center cooling, and the execution of the portfolio transformation.
Research · Mar 12, 2026
AI Capex Super-Cycle: Ranking the Top 10 Infrastructure Beneficiaries by Order Book Strength
The AI infrastructure capex super-cycle is channeling $200B+ in hyperscaler spending into data centers, power, networking, and cooling. Arista Networks and Vertiv lead the ranking with the strongest order book visibility, while Amphenol offers the best growth-to-valuation ratio and Dell provides deep value at 12.8x forward earnings.
Research · Mar 12, 2026
Which picks-and-shovels names have the highest AI revenue concentration heading into 2027?
Astera Labs leads the group with near-100% AI revenue concentration, followed by Arista Networks at ~30% and rising. Vertiv, Coherent, and Modine offer varying degrees of AI exposure at more moderate valuations, with Modine's pending divestiture set to sharpen its data center focus heading into 2027.