Trane Technologies shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q2 financial results and raised its FY26 guidance above estimates.

This Earnings Season Confirmed the AI Power Bottleneck Is Real. Here Are the Industrial Winners Hiding in Plain Sight.

While mega-cap tech stocks have dominated AI investment, industrial companies providing essential infrastructure for data centers are quietly benefiting. Eaton Corporation, Vertiv Holdings, and Cummins are positioned as 'picks-and-shovels' winners, offering exposure to AI growth through power distribution, cooling solutions, and backup generation systems, with attractive valuations compared to traditional tech stocks.

Shares of data center-related companies are trading lower as inflation fears and soaring bond yields dampen investor appetite for high-growth stocks that rely heavily on customer capex funded through borrowing.

Trane Tech and Eaton Plug Into Nvidia AI Data Center Boom

Trane Technologies and Eaton developed an integrated design for NVIDIA’s DSX AI Factory, targeting faster development and more efficient AI data centers.

Trane Technologies And Eaton Collaborate To Accelerate AI-Factory Efficiency With Integrated Advanced Thermal Management And Electrical System Architectures

Trane and Eaton integrated design built for the widely adopted NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Reference Design.New joint approach advances higher power designs for AI data centers to speed development, boost energy efficiency up