Which companies make physical security & access for AI data centers?

This catalog lists 16 companies on Physical security & access, 10 of them with listed equity: Allegion, ASSA ABLOY, Axis, Dormakaba, Hanwha Vision, Honeywell, Horton, Johnson Controls, Motorola/Avigilon, Suprema, and 6 more.

How reliable are these physical security & access supplier placements?

The 16 placements on this part break down as 7 disclosed, 9 inferred. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a taxonomy lead with no citation yet.

9.09

Who makes physical security & access for AI data centers

Physical access control, video surveillance, perimeter detection, and guarding systems that secure the facility and its data halls.

This layer covers the security systems installed alongside the building's electrical and mechanical infrastructure: badge and biometric access control, video management systems, mantraps and turnstiles that enforce single-person entry to data halls, perimeter intrusion detection around the site boundary, and the guarding services that staff it. It's a cross-cutting layer that touches the building envelope (9.06), the fencing and site perimeter, and the operational procedures of the tenants in 9.01 and 9.02. Security requirements at hyperscale and AI-campus facilities are typically driven by tenant-specific compliance regimes rather than by AI workloads themselves, so this category hasn't seen the same demand reshaping visible elsewhere in the taxonomy — the main effect of the AI buildout here is simply more sites needing a full security stack, at a pace investors should expect to track overall data center construction volume rather than any distinct density-driven dynamic.

AI delta: AI buildout mainly adds volume — more sites needing a full security stack — rather than changing per-site security requirements.

Appears at:Edge / micro Enterprise / small colo Large colo / hyperscale building AI campus GW-class campus· cooling:any — Present at nearly every scale; scope (number of mantraps, perimeter length, guard headcount) scales with site footprint and tenant compliance requirements rather than with compute density.

Companies on this part (16)

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Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Allegion	manufacturer	public	ALLE	179 USD	+1.1%	inferred
ASSA ABLOY	manufacturer	public	ASSA-B.ST	370 SEK	+1.2%	inferred	and Betafence (private) fencing
Axis · unit of Canon	manufacturer	subsidiary	7751.T*			disclosed	· source
Dormakaba	manufacturer	public	DOKA.SW	67.60 CHF	+2.4%	inferred
Hanwha Vision · unit of Hanwha	manufacturer	subsidiary				disclosed	· source
Honeywell	manufacturer	public	HON	221 USD	+1.3%	inferred	Onity
Horton · unit of Sanwa	manufacturer	subsidiary	5929.T*			inferred
Johnson Controls	manufacturer	public	JCI	144 USD	+0.1%	disclosed	Software House · source
Motorola/Avigilon · unit of MSI	manufacturer	subsidiary	2377.TW*			disclosed	· source
Suprema	manufacturer	public	236200.KQ	53800 KRW	-4.3%	inferred
Boon Edam	manufacturer	private				inferred	mantraps and turnstiles
Bosch	manufacturer	private				inferred
Brivo	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
Genetec	manufacturer	private				inferred
Idemia	manufacturer	private				disclosed	biometrics · source
Verkada	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source

Perimeter intrusion detection 9.09a

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Senstar	manufacturer	public	SNT	1.39 USD	+3.7%	disclosed	· source
Magos	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source
Southwest Microwave	manufacturer	private				disclosed	· source

Guarding 9.09b

Company	Role	Ownership	Ticker	Price	1d	Confidence	Note
Securitas	service	public	SECU-B.ST	157 SEK	-5.0%	disclosed	· source
Allied Universal	service	private				disclosed	· source
GardaWorld	service	private				inferred

Who competes here

The same table read the other way: every company above competes for physical security & access sockets. Confidence tags matter — an inferred placement is a lead, not a confirmed rivalry.

Nearby parts

Children: Perimeter intrusion detection, Guarding
Previous in layer: Site utilities, water & fiber entrance
Next in layer: Testing, commissioning & certification
Layer: Layer 9 — Building shell, site & construction

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Questions about physical security & access

What are physical security & access?: Physical access control, video surveillance, perimeter detection, and guarding systems that secure the facility and its data halls.
Which companies make physical security & access for AI data centers?: This catalog lists 16 companies on Physical security & access, 10 of them with listed equity: Allegion, ASSA ABLOY, Axis, Dormakaba, Hanwha Vision, Honeywell, Horton, Johnson Controls, Motorola/Avigilon, Suprema, and 6 more.
How does AI change demand for physical security & access?: AI buildout mainly adds volume — more sites needing a full security stack — rather than changing per-site security requirements.
How reliable are these physical security & access supplier placements?: The 16 placements on this part break down as 7 disclosed, 9 inferred. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a taxonomy lead with no citation yet.

Sources: placements without a source URL come from the taxonomy seed and are tagged accordingly. How this data is built.· Markdown · JSON