diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEFluidKey.java b/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEFluidKey.java
index 8a507fdb761..87501e42b28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEFluidKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEFluidKey.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.core.registries.BuiltInRegistries;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.tags.TagKey;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.ItemStack;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ public final class AEFluidKey extends AEKey {
     private final int hashCode;
 
     private AEFluidKey(Fluid fluid, @Nullable CompoundTag tag) {
-        super(Platform.getFluidDisplayName(fluid, tag));
         this.fluid = fluid;
         this.tag = tag;
         this.hashCode = Objects.hash(fluid, tag);
@@ -135,6 +135,11 @@ public void addDrops(long amount, List<ItemStack> drops, Level level, BlockPos p
         // Fluids are voided
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Component computeDisplayName() {
+        return Platform.getFluidDisplayName(fluid, tag);
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Override
     public boolean isTagged(TagKey<?> tag) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEItemKey.java b/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEItemKey.java
index 451647255f2..78ffba09739 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEItemKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEItemKey.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import net.minecraft.nbt.CompoundTag;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NumericTag;
 import net.minecraft.network.FriendlyByteBuf;
+import net.minecraft.network.chat.Component;
 import net.minecraft.resources.ResourceLocation;
 import net.minecraft.tags.TagKey;
 import net.minecraft.world.item.Item;
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ public final class AEItemKey extends AEKey {
     private final int cachedDamage;
 
     private AEItemKey(Item item, InternedTag internedTag) {
-        super(Platform.getItemDisplayName(item, internedTag.tag));
         this.item = item;
         this.internedTag = internedTag;
         this.hashCode = item.hashCode() * 31 + internedTag.hashCode;
@@ -217,6 +217,11 @@ public void addDrops(long amount, List<ItemStack> drops, Level level, BlockPos p
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected Component computeDisplayName() {
+        return Platform.getItemDisplayName(item, internedTag.tag);
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     @Override
     public boolean isTagged(TagKey<?> tag) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEKey.java b/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEKey.java
index c2c3589b100..65df343bc3e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/appeng/api/stacks/AEKey.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package appeng.api.stacks;
 
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -36,25 +35,10 @@
 public abstract class AEKey {
 
     /**
-     * The display name, which is used to sort by name in client terminal
+     * The display name, which is used to sort by name in client terminal. Lazily initialized to avoid unnecessary work
+     * on the server. Volatile ensures that this cache is thread-safe (but can be initialized multiple times).
      */
-    private final Component displayName;
-
-    /**
-     * @deprecated It has been deprecated because we should cache the display name in the initialization to speed up the
-     *             sorting process.
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public AEKey() {
-        this.displayName = null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param displayName the display name, which is used to sort by name in client terminal
-     */
-    public AEKey(Component displayName) {
-        this.displayName = displayName;
-    }
+    private volatile Component cachedDisplayName;
 
     @Nullable
     public static AEKey fromTagGeneric(CompoundTag tag) {
@@ -264,10 +248,22 @@ public final boolean supportsFuzzyRangeSearch() {
         return getType().supportsFuzzyRangeSearch();
     }
 
-    public Component getDisplayName() {
-        return Objects.requireNonNull(this.displayName);
+    public final Component getDisplayName() {
+        var ret = cachedDisplayName;
+
+        if (ret == null) {
+            cachedDisplayName = ret = computeDisplayName();
+        }
+
+        return ret;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Compute the display name, which is used to sort by name in client terminal. Will be cached by
+     * {@link #getDisplayName()}.
+     */
+    protected abstract Component computeDisplayName();
+
     /**
      * Adds the drops if the container holding this key is broken, such as an interface holding stacks. Item stacks
      * should be placed in the list and not spawned directly into the world