What Daikin makes for data centers
public · HQ Osaka, JP · daikin.com · also known as: AAF
Daikin Applied, a Daikin Industries business, makes chillers for data centers including magnetic-bearing and air-cooled lines, and has moved into rack-level and direct-to-chip liquid cooling through its 2025 acquisitions of DDC Solutions (containment) and Chilldyne (negative-pressure CDUs). Its AAF brand supplies air filtration relevant to data-center air handling.
Listing
Snapshot 2026-08-28T02:17:39Z — nightly, not real-time. · Chart on TradingView ↗
Exposure
7 parts across 3 layers
No disclosed data-center revenue share on file.
Parts, by layer
Layer 5 — Liquid cooling (IT-side: chip to CDU)
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolant distribution units | manufacturer | inferred | Auras, Delta Electronics, Envicool, Foxconn (Hon Hai), Johnson Controls, Kaori |
Layer 6 — Facility cooling & HVAC
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chillers & compressors | manufacturer | inferred | Schneider Electric, Carrier, Gree, Johnson Controls, LG, Midea | |
| Dry coolers, adiabatic/evaporative units, cooling towers, fans & motors | manufacturer | inferred | Alfa Laval, LU-VE, Modine, Munters, SPX Technologies, Vertiv | |
| CRAH / CRAC / fan walls / in-row units | manufacturer | inferred | Schneider Electric, Envicool, Johnson Controls, Kingspan, Mitsubishi Electric, Munters | |
| Air handling, economizers, filtration | manufacturer | inferred | Donaldson, Johnson Controls, Munters, Parker Hannifin, Systemair, Trane | |
| Compressors | manufacturer | inferred | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Bitzer, Copeland, Danfoss |
Layer 10 — Materials & upstream inputs
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refrigerants & insulating gases | manufacturer | inferred | Arkema, Chemours, Honeywell, Orbia/Koura, Syensqo |
Verification: enriched, last verified 2026-08-27. Sources: www.daikinapplied.com · www.daikin.com · www.daikin.com.· Markdown · JSON