Who makes UPS & UPS power semis for AI data centers
Uninterruptible power supplies that bridge the gap between a utility outage and generator start, built as static (battery-based), modular, or rotary/diesel-rotary (DRUPS) designs, plus the power semiconductors inside them.
UPS sits between LV switchgear (7.05) and the IT load, holding output voltage steady through the brief gap between a utility interruption and the moment backup generators (7.13) come online and take over. Static UPS units use battery energy storage (7.11) and power electronics to do this; rotary and diesel-rotary UPS (DRUPS) use spinning mass and, in the DRUPS case, an integrated engine to bridge the same gap without a separate battery bank; modular UPS lets capacity be added in smaller increments as a facility grows. Inside a static UPS, IGBT and silicon-carbide power semiconductor modules do the actual power conversion between AC, DC, and back to AC, and the performance and efficiency of a UPS increasingly depends on those semiconductor choices as much as on the battery or rotary system around them. Beyond simple outage bridging, AI clusters draw power in sharp, correlated swings as large synchronized GPU jobs start, stop, or checkpoint, and utilities and grid operators are increasingly asking data centers to use UPS and related equipment (7.12) to smooth those swings rather than let them propagate onto the grid. For investors, watch UPS order backlogs, capacity additions among the small set of vendors building at data-center scale, and how much of the value is migrating toward the power semiconductor content inside each unit.
AI delta: GPU cluster power draw swings sharply and quickly with training and inference workload changes, and UPS systems are increasingly being asked to absorb those swings for grid stability rather than just bridge outages.
Companies on this part (18)
| Company | Role | Ownership | Ticker | Price | 1d | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB | manufacturer | public | ABBN.SW | 67.78 CHF | -1.2% | disclosed | · source |
| Cyber Power | manufacturer | public | 3617.TW | 247 TWD | -2.2% | disclosed | · source |
| Delta Electronics | manufacturer | public | 2308.TW | 1560 TWD | -3.4% | inferred | |
| Eaton | manufacturer | public | ETN | 366 USD | -1.7% | inferred | |
| Fuji Electric | manufacturer | public | 6504.T | 13170 JPY | -1.8% | disclosed | · source |
| Kehua | manufacturer | public | 002335.SZ | 26.50 CNY | +2.2% | inferred | |
| Legrand | manufacturer | public | LR.PA | 124 EUR | +0.4% | inferred | |
| Mitsubishi Electric | manufacturer | public | 6503.T | 4770 JPY | -2.3% | inferred | |
| Schneider Electric | manufacturer | public | SU.PA | 231 EUR | -1.4% | inferred | |
| Vertiv | manufacturer | public | VRT | 194 USD | -0.2% | disclosed | · source |
| Centiel | manufacturer | private | disclosed | · source | |||
| Hitec | manufacturer | private | inferred | DRUPS | |||
| Huawei | manufacturer | private | inferred | ||||
| Piller | manufacturer | private | disclosed | rotary · source | |||
| Rehlko (Kohler Energy) | manufacturer | private | inferred | ||||
| Riello | manufacturer | private | disclosed | · source | |||
| Socomec | manufacturer | private | inferred | ||||
| Toshiba | manufacturer | private | disclosed | · source |
IGBT and SiC modules 7.10a
| Company | Role | Ownership | Ticker | Price | 1d | Confidence | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuji Electric | manufacturer | public | 6504.T | 13170 JPY | -1.8% | disclosed | · source |
| Infineon | manufacturer | public | IFX.DE | 48.67 EUR | -2.5% | disclosed | · source |
| Mitsubishi Electric | manufacturer | public | 6503.T | 4770 JPY | -2.3% | inferred | |
| onsemi | manufacturer | public | ON | 72.25 USD | -1.2% | inferred | |
| Wolfspeed | manufacturer | public | WOLF | 22.93 USD | +2.6% | disclosed | · source |
| Semikron Danfoss | manufacturer | private | disclosed | · source |
Who competes here
The same table read the other way: every company above competes for UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis sockets. Confidence tags matter — an inferred placement is a lead, not a confirmed rivalry.
Seen in real machines
UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis is named in 1 of the rack teardowns and supercomputer breakdowns on this site. Each line below is a piece of that machine. The companies shown are the ones named on that line, not necessarily the maker of this part.
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- Children: IGBT and SiC modules
- Previous in layer: LV cable, wire, tray, raceway
- Next in layer: Energy storage: UPS batteries & BESS
- Layer: Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack)
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- SpaceX pushes AI scaling into industrial realm as power equipment becomes limiting factor — DigiTimes, 2026-10-21The rapid scaling of AI infrastructure is being constrained by the availability of electrical capacity, cooling solutions, and necessary compute hardware.
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Questions about UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis
- What are UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis?
- Uninterruptible power supplies that bridge the gap between a utility outage and generator start, built as static (battery-based), modular, or rotary/diesel-rotary (DRUPS) designs, plus the power semiconductors inside them.
- Which companies make UPS & UPS power semis for AI data centers?
- This catalog lists 18 companies on UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis, 10 of them with listed equity: ABB, Cyber Power, Delta Electronics, Eaton, Fuji Electric, Kehua, Legrand, Mitsubishi Electric, Schneider Electric, Vertiv, and 8 more.
- How does AI change demand for UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis?
- GPU cluster power draw swings sharply and quickly with training and inference workload changes, and UPS systems are increasingly being asked to absorb those swings for grid stability rather than just bridge outages.
- How reliable are these UPS (static, modular, rotary/DRUPS) & UPS power semis supplier placements?
- The 18 placements on this part break down as 8 disclosed, 10 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