3 Stocks Riding AI Data Center Power Demand Investors Should Watch

Power used to be a boring line item on a data-center budget; AI changed that. As server farms chase more electricity with gas turbines and jet-engine generators, equipment providers move from backstage to center stage and investors suddenly care. This article walks through 3 stocks exposed to this surge in data-center power demand, and why the story around each one might deserve a closer look.

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Schneider Electric (ENXTPA:SU)

Schneider Electric plugs directly into the AI data-center power story, and the analyst consensus Narrative on Simply Wall St frames it as a global energy management and automation heavyweight whose data-center exposure is now a key part of the investment debate.

Schneider Electric runs a broad energy management and industrial automation platform that supplies critical kit for high load data centers, from switchgear and UPS to cooling and control systems. The group generated about €34.9b from Energy Management and €7.2b from Industrial Automation, and the stock carries a market value near €137.8b.

Continued build out of AI focused data centers and semiconductor facilities, with Schneider Electric reporting multiple quarters of very large data center demand growth and strong semiconductor orders supported by AI architectures and visibility into 2027 and 2028, points to further support for Energy Management and related solutions revenue and earnings.

What happens to that upbeat picture depends heavily on how one unresolved pressure linked to Schneider Electric’s balance sheet and acquisition spending plays out.

How that pressure plays out is exactly what the full narrative for Schneider Electric unpacks, separating temporary balance sheet strain from longer term AI power demand potential.

Cummins India (BSE:500480)

Cummins India builds the heavy-duty engines and generator sets that sit behind many large facilities, and the analyst consensus Narrative on Simply Wall St now ties its high horsepower genset line more tightly to rising AI data-center power needs.

Cummins India earns about ₹125.9b from Engines and ₹36.7b from Lubes, supplying generator sets, components, drivetrain systems and digital products across data centers and other critical sectors, and the stock carries a market value near ₹1.14t.

Rapid growth in high horsepower genset demand from data center projects, which contributed about 30 to 35% of domestic power generation revenue in FY26 and 40% of domestic power generation revenue in Q1 FY27, points to a larger mix of complex, higher ticket engines that can support Cummins India's revenue and earnings.

What happens when pricing power, cost pressures and that growing data center inquiry book pull in different directions will matter a lot for margins.

That margin tug of war is only half the story, and the full narrative for Cummins India shows how accelerating data-center demand could reshape Cummins India’s risk reward profile.

TD Power Systems (BSE:533553)

TD Power Systems is closely linked to the AI power build out, supplying AC generators and large motors for utility scale plants and energy-intensive data centers. All of its ₹21,244m revenue comes from manufacturing these machines, and the stock is valued at around ₹183.9b.

The bearish analyst Narrative on Simply Wall St highlights how concentrated TD Power Systems now is on AI-linked power projects and why that matters for anyone treating the data center surge as a straight line.

"The heavy dependence on AI data centers and behind the meter power projects means TD Power Systems is tied closely to one growth pocket, and any moderation in data center build outs could lead to lower order inflows than current expectations and soften revenue momentum."

This raises the question of what could happen if a single key assumption about how long AI data center power demand remains elevated eventually starts to change.

If that concentration risk sits at the back of your mind, the full narrative for TD Power Systems shows how TD Power Systems could still turn AI volatility into accelerating opportunity.

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