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CoolIT's roughly 550 million dollars of expected annual sales is growing fast but remains a small fraction of Ecolab's total revenue, so the exposure hinges on liquid cooling becoming a much larger share of the business than it is today."},"quote":{"price":308.38,"change24hPct":1.78,"change7dPct":6.75,"change30dPct":12.67,"change1yPct":21.09,"high52w":308.38,"low52w":244.41,"marketCap":86490652672,"peRatio":41.96,"eps":7.35,"volume24h":459948770},"nextEarningsDate":"2026-10-27","summary":"Ecolab is a global water treatment, hygiene, and infection prevention company serving industrial, institutional, and healthcare customers. In 2026 it acquired CoolIT Systems, a maker of direct to chip liquid cooling technology for AI data centers.","explainer":["Ecolab is a global water treatment, hygiene, and infection prevention company serving industrial, institutional, and healthcare customers. In 2026 it acquired CoolIT Systems, a maker of direct to chip liquid cooling technology for AI data centers.","Its main products span water treatment and pest elimination services for its core customer base, plus CoolIT's direct to chip liquid cooling systems, which are growing quickly as AI data centers scale up.","Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ecolab trades on the NYSE and employs roughly 48,000 people."],"buildoutRole":"Ecolab sits in the Cooling & Thermal layer through its CoolIT Systems unit, which sells direct to chip liquid cooling for AI data centers. CoolIT's sales are growing fast but remain a small slice of Ecolab's much larger water treatment and hygiene business, which is why Supercycle scores its AI exposure at 10 out of 100.","faq":[{"q":"What does Ecolab do?","a":"Ecolab provides water treatment, hygiene, and infection prevention products and services to industrial, institutional, and healthcare customers, and since 2026 also sells liquid cooling systems for AI data centers through its CoolIT Systems unit."},{"q":"How is Ecolab exposed to AI?","a":"Lightly. CoolIT Systems' direct to chip liquid cooling business is growing quickly but is still a small fraction of Ecolab's total revenue, which is why Supercycle scores it 10 out of 100."},{"q":"What are Ecolab's main products?","a":"Water treatment and hygiene services for its core industrial and institutional customers, plus CoolIT Systems' direct to chip liquid cooling systems for AI data centers."},{"q":"Is ECL a pure play AI stock?","a":"No. Ecolab is a large, diversified water and hygiene company where AI data center cooling is a small and growing niche, placing it in the Peripheral tier of Supercycle's AI Exposure rating."},{"q":"Where is Ecolab based and who leads it?","a":"Ecolab is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and is led by CEO Christophe 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