What ABB makes for data centers
public · HQ Zurich, Switzerland · abb.com
ABB makes medium- and low-voltage switchgear, power skids and E-houses, and dry-type and cast-resin transformers used in data center electrical rooms. It also supplies UPS systems, floor PDUs and static transfer switches, circuit protection and metering equipment, fans and motors for cooling systems, and prefabricated power skids for modular data centers.
Listing
SIX Swiss Exchange: ABBN.SW· 67.78 CHF -1.17% · mkt cap 122.5B CHF
Snapshot 2026-10-25T10:41:17Z — nightly, not real-time.· Chart on TradingView ↗
Exposure
16 parts across 4 layers
No disclosed data-center revenue share on file.
Parts, by layer
Layer 6 — Facility cooling & HVAC
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building management, controls, environmental sensors | manufacturer | inferred | Schneider Electric, Carrier, Delta Electronics, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Siemens | |
| Fans and motors | manufacturer | disclosed | Nidec, Regal Rexnord, Siemens, WEG, Hudson, Multi-Wing |
Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack)
Layer 8 — Power generation & energy supply
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STATCOM and synchronous condensers | manufacturer | inferred | AMSC, GE Vernova, Siemens Energy, WEG, Hitachi Energy, Ingeteam |
Layer 9 — Building shell, site & construction
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefab / modular data centers & power/cooling skids | manufacturer | inferred | Schneider Electric, Delta Electronics, Eaton, Nucor, Powell, Vertiv | power skids |
Where ABB sits in the stack
ABB's placements in this catalog cover 16 parts, from layer 6 (facility cooling & hvac) to layer 9 (building shell, site & construction). None of them currently carries a sourced supply constraint tag. Across these parts it overlaps with other companies most often on the lines below.
What these parts are
- Fans and motors — Fans and their drive motors that move air through dry coolers, adiabatic units, and cooling towers to reject heat to the atmosphere.
- Building management, controls, environmental sensors — The building management system, PLCs, and environmental sensors that monitor and automatically control chillers, air handlers, pumps, and dampers across the facility.
- HV switchgear, GIS, breakers, protection relays — The high-voltage switching, protection, and fault-isolation gear between the substation transformers and the campus's medium-voltage distribution, including gas-insulated (GIS) designs for compact sites.
- Relays — Protection relays that detect electrical faults on HV circuits and trigger the associated breakers to isolate them.
- SF6-free — Breaker and switchgear designs that replace the potent greenhouse gas SF6 as an insulating medium, offered as an alternative to conventional gas-insulated switchgear.
- and 11 more in the table above.
Closest peers in this catalog
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Questions about ABB
- What does ABB make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places ABB on 16 parts: Building management, controls, environmental sensors (manufacturer), HV switchgear, GIS, breakers, protection relays (manufacturer), MV switchgear, E-houses, power skids (manufacturer), MV/LV transformers (manufacturer), LV switchgear, switchboards, panelboards (manufacturer), Busway / busbar trunking (manufacturer), Floor PDUs, RPPs, static transfer switches, ATS (manufacturer) and Circuit protection, fuses, surge, grounding (manufacturer), and 8 more.
- Is ABB publicly traded?
- Yes — ABB is listed on SIX Swiss Exchange under ABBN.SW. Prices shown on this page are a nightly snapshot, not real-time, and nothing here is investment advice.
- Where is ABB based?
- Zurich, Switzerland, per the company record in this catalog.
- Who else makes building management, controls, environmental sensors for AI data centers?
- Schneider Electric, Carrier, Delta Electronics, Honeywell, Johnson Controls and Siemens are also placed on Building management, controls, environmental sensors in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For ABB the mix is 2 disclosed and 14 inferred. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a lead from the taxonomy with no citation yet. Treat reported and inferred as leads, not facts.
Answers are generated from this catalog's own rows — see sources & method.
Verification: enriched, last verified 2026-08-27. Sources: www.abb.com · en.wikipedia.org.· Markdown · JSON