Green Data Center Market

The global green data center market is expanding rapidly, with a projected market size anticipated to rise from about USD 60.77 billion in 2026 to USD 197.02 billion by 2031, featuring a CAGR of 26.5%. The green data center market is undergoing a significant transformation driven by four key factors. The rapid growth of AI workloads is encouraging data center operators to deploy energy-efficient infrastructure, including liquid cooling, high-efficiency power systems, and advanced monitoring solutions, to manage increasing power requirements while minimizing energy consumption at scale. Net-zero commitments from governments and enterprises are accelerating the transition toward renewable-powered facilities, with solar, wind, and fuel cell technologies increasingly becoming important components of long-term sustainability strategies. Rising electricity costs across key markets are further increasing demand for efficiency-focused technologies, including modular UPS systems, intelligent cooling solutions, and DCIM software, which enable operators to optimize energy usage and reduce operating expenses. Meanwhile, carbon pricing mechanisms and increasingly stringent environmental requirements are encouraging investment in low-emission infrastructure, strengthening the role of green data centers in sustainable digital transformation. Collectively, these factors are reshaping enterprise data center strategies and positioning green infrastructure as an important enabler of efficient, compliant, resilient, and scalable operations for next-generation digital workloads.

Some of the major players in the green data center market include Schneider Electric (France), Vertiv (US), Eaton (US), Daikin (Japan), and ABB (Switzerland). These companies are developing and deploying energy-efficient data center solutions to support sustainable operations, improve power and cooling efficiency, and address increasingly stringent environmental requirements. Their portfolios span renewable energy integration, advanced liquid cooling, intelligent power management, energy storage, and high-efficiency electrical infrastructure, enabling data center operators to reduce energy consumption, water usage, and carbon emissions while supporting high-density workloads. By combining efficient power and thermal management technologies, these solutions enable enterprises to accommodate AI-driven computing, cloud services, and other resource-intensive applications while improving operational resilience and sustainability.

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In February 2026, Schneider Electric launched its Motivair liquid cooling solutions factory in Bengaluru, India, strengthening local production of high-density cooling systems for the country’s expanding AI and data center ecosystem.

In May 2026, Vertiv expanded its liquid cooling portfolio in EMEA with the CoolChip CDU 2300 and Fluid Network Row Manifolds, supporting higher-density AI infrastructure and more efficient thermal management. In June 2026, Vertiv completed the acquisition of ThermoKey, strengthening its heat-rejection and heat-exchange capabilities for AI and high-density data centers.

Eaton

Eaton is strengthening its position in the green data center market through strategies focused on sustainable power management, renewable energy integration, and intelligent infrastructure. The company’s core capabilities include advanced UPS systems, digital power management platforms, thermal monitoring solutions, and modular power distribution technologies that enable data center operators to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions. Eaton has remained active in expanding its data center capabilities through acquisitions and strategic investments. In April 2025, Eaton acquired Fibrebond Corporation to strengthen its modular enclosure and integrated power solutions portfolio for data centers and utility applications. In July 2025, the company completed the acquisition of Resilient Power Systems Inc., adding solid-state transformer technology aimed at improving power efficiency, flexibility, and density across large-scale facilities. In May 2024, Eaton acquired a UK-based provider of continuous thermal monitoring solutions, enhancing its capabilities in real-time equipment and environmental monitoring. Eaton also made a 49% equity investment in NordicEPOD AS to expand standardized power module capabilities across the Nordic data center market. In 2026, Eaton continued expanding its AI data center infrastructure portfolio through integrated power and cooling solutions, including its collaboration with NVIDIA on the Beam Rubin DSX platform. The company combines vertically integrated hardware, software, and energy management capabilities with expansion across adjacent electrification and digital technologies to support increasingly energy-intensive and sustainable data center environments.

Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is strengthening its position in the green data center market through strategies focused on sustainable infrastructure, modular scalability, and digital innovation. The company’s core capabilities center on the EcoStruxure platform, which integrates energy management, DCIM, renewable energy optimization, and advanced liquid cooling with digital twin technologies to improve operational efficiency and reduce emissions. Schneider Electric has actively expanded its capabilities and data center portfolio in recent years. In October 2024, Schneider acquired a 75% stake in Motivair, strengthening its direct liquid cooling capabilities to support high-density AI and HPC workloads. In December 2024, the company partnered with NVIDIA to co-develop AI data center reference architectures incorporating liquid cooling designs aimed at improving energy efficiency and accelerating deployment timelines. During the same year, Schneider enhanced EcoStruxure IT DCIM with automated sustainability reporting capabilities to support operators in meeting evolving environmental requirements, including Europe’s Energy Efficiency Directive. Through the integration of hardware, software, cooling, power management, and monitoring, combined with strategic partnerships such as its collaboration with Compass Datacenters, Schneider continues to align digital performance with long-term sustainability objectives.

Market Ranking

In 2025, the green data center market remained fragmented, with Schneider Electric, Eaton, Vertiv, Daikin, and ABB collectively accounting for approximately 20% to 25% of the overall market. Schneider Electric strengthened its position in July 2025 by unveiling AI-ready data center reference designs with NVIDIA, incorporating liquid cooling technologies to improve energy efficiency and accelerate deployment timelines. Eaton expanded its portfolio in April 2025 through the acquisition of Fibrebond Corporation, strengthening its modular power enclosure capabilities for data centers, and in July 2025, completed the acquisition of Resilient Power Systems Inc. to incorporate solid-state transformer technology aimed at improving power distribution efficiency and reducing emissions. Vertiv introduced the Vertiv TimberMod in June 2024, a prefabricated modular data center utilizing mass timber to reduce embodied carbon, and in March 2024, launched the Vertiv EnerSav service to enhance energy efficiency across existing facilities. Daikin expanded its sustainable cooling portfolio in May 2024 with the launch of its Conexus intelligent monitoring platform, enabling real-time performance optimization for data center chillers and heat recovery systems. ABB strengthened its digital sustainability capabilities in April 2024 by integrating automated carbon reporting features into its Ability Energy Manager platform and, in September 2024, introduced a high-efficiency power distribution solution designed to reduce electrical losses across large hyperscale facilities. Collectively, these developments demonstrate how leading players are integrating renewable energy, energy-efficient equipment, advanced cooling, and intelligent monitoring into data center infrastructure, accelerating the transition toward sustainable and high-performance facilities.

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