NVT
nVent Electric
Summary
What they do:
Manufacture electrical enclosures, liquid cooling systems (coolant distribution units, rear-door heat exchangers, manifolds), and power distribution solutions that protect and cool IT equipment inside data centers — the physical infrastructure that keeps AI racks from overheating as power density surges from 5kW to 50kW+ per rack.
Why they matter:
nVent is one of three companies collaborating directly with NVIDIA on GB200 NVL72 and GB300 rack-level liquid cooling reference architectures. As every hyperscaler shifts from air-cooled to liquid-cooled AI clusters, nVent sits at the intersection of enclosures and thermal management — providing the rack, the CDU, the manifold, and the heat exchanger as a single integrated solution. Data center sales hit ~$1B in 2025, up from ~$600M in 2024.
Recent performance:
FY2025 revenue $3.9B (+30% reported, +13% organic). Q4 2025 revenue $1.07B (+42% YoY). Adjusted EPS $3.35 (+35% YoY). Backlog $2.3B (~3x year-ago). 2026 guidance: 15-18% reported sales growth, adjusted EPS $4.00-$4.15.
Our Verdict
Emerging liquid cooling play with NVIDIA GB200 partnership and growing data center exposure — portfolio transformation toward infrastructure is real but enclosures face competitive pressure from Vertiv and Schneider.
Structural trends
Structural
67
/ 100
Moat
6/10
NVIDIA partnership + enclosure qualification
AI Exp.AI Exposure
Embedded~22% AI
Play Type
EmergingAI Growth
35-45%
Rel. Value
68
ATTRACTIVEPriceLIVE
$134.48
+0.99%
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Market Cap
$21.7B
P/E Ratio
51.7
P/S Ratio
5.6x
52W High
$135.92
52W Low
$47.86
52W Chg
181.0%
Beta
1.28
Every AI server generates heat. An NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack can consume over 120kW of power — roughly the electrical load of 40 American homes concentrated into a single cabinet. That heat has to go somewhere. If it does not, the chips throttle, the rack shuts down, and the data center stops computing.
nVent Electric makes the physical systems that solve this problem. Their products fall into three categories: enclosures (the racks and cabinets that house IT equipment), liquid cooling systems (coolant distribution units, rear-door heat exchangers, manifolds, and liquid-to-air heat exchangers), and power distribution (busbar, switchgear, and electrical connection infrastructure). Together, these form the "last meter" of data center infrastructure — everything between the building's mechanical systems and the server itself.
The company was spun out of Pentair in 2018 and has since aggressively reshaped its portfolio. In 2025, nVent sold its legacy Thermal Management business (RAYCHEM, TRACER brands) to Brookfield for $1.7B and used the proceeds to acquire the Electrical Products Group of Avail Infrastructure Solutions for ~$975M and Trachte (custom-engineered control buildings) for $695M. These moves concentrated the company on its highest-growth verticals: data centers, power utilities, and critical infrastructure.
Infrastructure now represents 45% of sales (up from 12% at spin), and management expects it to exceed half in 2026. Data center sales specifically reached approximately $1 billion in 2025 — roughly 26% of total revenue — up over 50% from $600M in 2024. The company operates globally with manufacturing across North America, Europe, and Asia.
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The Catch
nVent is riding a genuine structural wave — the air-to-liquid cooling transition — but three risks deserve attention. First, the liquid cooling market is early and competitive. Vertiv has deeper thermal engineering heritage and a larger installed base. Schneider has broader ecosystem reach. Both are investing heavily. nVent's NVIDIA partnership provides an edge today, but reference architectures evolve and NVIDIA partners with many companies. Second, acquisition integration risk: nVent executed three major deals in 18 months (ECM, Trachte, Avail) while simultaneously divesting Thermal Management. That is a lot of organizational change. If integration falters, margins suffer and management attention is diverted from the liquid cooling opportunity. Third, valuation: at ~32x forward P/E, nVent is priced as a growth company, not an industrial. If data center growth decelerates to 20% (still strong, but below current 50%+ trajectory), the stock could de-rate meaningfully.
If They Win
If the liquid cooling transition accelerates as expected, NVIDIA continues to deepen its partnership with nVent for successive GPU generations, and hyperscaler capex sustains through 2028, nVent becomes the default cooling infrastructure provider for AI data centers. Data center revenue scales from $1B (2025) to $3B+ by 2028, becoming the majority of total company revenue. Adjusted operating margins expand to 24%+ as liquid cooling commands premium pricing and enclosure volumes provide operating leverage. The $2.3B backlog extends into a multi-year revenue floor. nVent's position as both the rack maker and the cooling system provider creates a single-vendor integration advantage that competitors offering only one of the two cannot match. The stock re-rates from industrial multiples toward technology infrastructure multiples — 35-40x forward earnings on a $6B+ revenue base.
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