We just covered Bill Gates Portfolio 2026: Top 10 Stocks to Buy. Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) is ranked No. 7 (see Bill Gates Portfolio 2026: Top 5 Stocks to Buy).
Water treatment company Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) has emerged as a new AI player amid its exposure to liquid cooling solutions for data centers. As? The company recently announced that it will buy direct-to-chip liquid cooling CoolIT Systems for $4.75 billion. Ecolab’s (NYSE:ECL) closed-loop technology could solve the problem of water-based cooling by replacing traditional evaporative air cooling with sealed systems that recycle the same fluid indefinitely.
Ecolab (NYSE:ECL) is positioning itself as the “end-to-end” provider for the thousands of new data centers opening around the world. The world faces a projected water deficit of 56% by 2030. Ecolab’s solutions could become essential for technology and industrial companies in the future. The stock ranks seventh on our list of top stocks in Bill Gates’ 2026 portfolio.
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