Modine Orders Top $1 Billion as Cooling Costs Rise
Buyers of data center cooling gear should expect multi-year contracts and higher input costs as backlogs stretch past two years.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Corporate Finance
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Modine reported record quarterly order intake above $1 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2027, its fourth consecutive quarter of record orders. The results were disclosed on an earnings call held November 4, 2026, and affect operators in data center cooling and HVAC equipment supply.
Why it matters
Surging artificial intelligence workloads are pushing hyperscale data center operators to lock in cooling equipment years ahead of need. Rapid production expansion has created short-term supply bottlenecks and raised aluminum, copper, and steel component prices.
Modine recorded quarterly order intake above $1 billion, its fourth straight quarter of record orders, with backlogs extending beyond two years. The company has not disclosed prior-period order figures in the source, so the size of the year-over-year gain cannot be measured from it.
The players
Modine
Modine is a thermal management equipment maker whose business centers on HVAC, cooling, and data center heat-rejection products.
Gentherm
Gentherm is an automotive thermal management supplier that absorbed Modine's spun-off Performance Technologies segment.
The details
Modine is implementing price increases and multi-year contracts with suppliers and customers to recover material costs. The company is also concentrating capital on data center thermal management and adding manufacturing lines for custom air handling units and chillers. It completed the spin-off of its Performance Technologies segment, which made traditional vehicle cooling components, and merged that unit with Gentherm.
Timeline
November 4, 2026: Modine held its second-quarter fiscal 2027 earnings call and reported record order intake.
Fiscal year-end: Modine plans to ramp up 20 operational chiller lines.
Second half of the fiscal year: Modine anticipates further margin improvements.
Market Landscape
Modine's order surge reflects the demand for data center cooling hardware driven by AI infrastructure build-outs. Its divestiture of vehicle cooling components through the Gentherm merger marks a strategic pivot away from automotive thermal management toward data center products.
Operators in HVAC, refrigeration, and data center construction should expect continued price increases and multi-year supply agreements as demand outruns production capacity. Procurement teams should factor longer lead times and higher aluminum, copper, and steel input costs into project budgets.
The takeaway
The key operating signal is that suppliers are locking in multi-year contracts and backlogs now extend beyond two years, so buyers should plan procurement well ahead of project timelines. Finance and procurement teams should track input cost pass-through and supplier lead times in upcoming quarterly filings.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by The Motley Fool.
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