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Curated thematic research · August 24, 2026

AI Infrastructure Stocks

US-traded public companies across the AI infrastructure supply chain, from hyperscale demand through compute, networking, data-center infrastructure, power, and upstream materials.

AI Infrastructure stocks, organized by thematic value-chain role. This research groups 87 US-traded public companies across 19 stages. Market evidence reflects the August 24, 2026 close, where available.

Stage healthLeadingConstructiveMixedWeak

Editorial stage order

The board

Stages are ordered for reading; documented dependencies are listed separately below.

NODE 01

AI Platforms

Weak
RS 49

Public platforms and software companies whose AI products create demand for inference and compute capacity.

Public companies in this stage: APP, CRM, META, NOW, PLTR, SNOW, GOOGL, MSFT.

Median RS
RS 49
Above 50D
67%
Near high
0%
Coverage
6/6 primary companies with RS
APPApplovin Corporation Class A Common StockPrimaryRS 12
Role
AppLovin operates an end-to-end AI-powered advertising platform whose Axon recommendation engine runs real-time machine-learning inference at massive scale to match advertiser demand with publisher ad supply.
Inclusion rationale
Per its FY2025 Form 10-K, substantially all of AppLovin's revenue comes from Axon Ads Manager, powered by the Axon AI recommendation engine that performs real-time machine-learning predictions across vast ad auctions at microsecond speeds, making it a public AI-platform/software whose AI products generate sustained inference and compute demand as of 2026-06.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-30%
52-week-high proximity
40%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$2.7B

Sources

CRMSalesforce, Inc.PrimaryRS 49
Role
Salesforce builds the Agentforce 360 enterprise AI agent platform layered on its CRM and Data 360 stack, whose autonomous agents and generative features generate large-scale LLM inference and compute demand.
Inclusion rationale
Per Salesforce's Q4 FY2026 results, Agentforce ARR reached $800M (up 169% Y/Y) across 29,000+ deals, and the platform has processed more than 19 trillion tokens to date (up 5x Y/Y) via its LLM gateway, positioning Salesforce as a public AI-platform vendor whose deployed agents directly create inference and compute consumption as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
19%
52-week-high proximity
78%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$2.4B
METAMeta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common StockPrimaryRS 27
Role
Operates Meta AI products that create large-scale AI inference demand.
Inclusion rationale
Meta markets Meta AI as a personal AI assistant for asking, chatting, and creating across its consumer surfaces. That makes META a platform-side demand driver for AI infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-6%
52-week-high proximity
71%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$10.7B
NOWSERVICENOW, INC.PrimaryRS 50
Role
ServiceNow is an enterprise software platform whose Now Assist generative-AI and AI-agent products are embedded across IT, customer service, HR, and security workflows, driving large-scale LLM inference demand.
Inclusion rationale
ServiceNow's FY2025 10-K describes Now Assist as its integrated AI offering, letting customers deploy thousands of out-of-the-box, third-party, or custom AI agents that orchestrate workflows autonomously with human-in-the-loop governance on the Now Platform. As an enterprise AI platform monetizing generative AI and agentic features at scale (its Now Assist business is a key growth driver as of 2026-06), its products generate sustained inference and compute demand, placing it squarely in the AI Platforms stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
17%
52-week-high proximity
66%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.4x
50D dollar volume
$2.4B

Sources

PLTRPalantir Technologies Inc. Class A Common StockPrimaryRS 72
Role
Sells an enterprise AI platform that helps customers operationalize AI workflows.
Inclusion rationale
Palantir's AIP documentation describes an AI Platform integrated with Foundry for enterprise AI applications. PLTR fits this stage as a software platform that can drive downstream compute and inference needs.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
26%
52-week-high proximity
85%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$6.1B

Sources

SNOWSnowflake Inc.PrimaryRS 94
Role
Snowflake operates the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, a public data/software platform whose Cortex AI and LLM/inference features let enterprises run AI workloads directly on their data, generating demand for GPU-backed inference and compute.
Inclusion rationale
Snowflake's own SEC filing states its cost of product revenue includes "third-party cloud infrastructure expenses, including those related to AI inference and graphics processing units (GPUs), incurred in connection with our customers' use of our platform," and names Snowflake Cortex AI as a core strategy. As of 2026-06 this places SNOW in the AI Platforms stage: its AI software products directly create inference and compute demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
15%
52-week-high proximity
94%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$1.5B

Sources

GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A Common StockAdjacentRS 66
Role
Builds consumer and developer AI products that increase demand for AI compute.
Inclusion rationale
Google presents AI as a broad platform effort across helpful AI products and services. Its primary assignment is cloud-platforms because Google Cloud sells AI infrastructure capacity directly.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-1%
52-week-high proximity
85%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.0x
50D dollar volume
$10.9B
MSFTMicrosoft CorpAdjacentRS 58
Role
Provides Copilot AI agents that create application-layer demand for inference capacity.
Inclusion rationale
Microsoft describes Copilot agents for individuals and businesses, making MSFT a direct AI platform demand source. Its primary supply-chain role is cloud-platforms because Azure provides the underlying AI infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
16%
52-week-high proximity
88%
A/D
A
RVOL
0.5x
50D dollar volume
$16.3B
NODE 02

Cloud Platforms

Weak
RS 58

Hyperscale and enterprise cloud operators that buy, host, and rent AI compute capacity.

Public companies in this stage: AMZN, CRWV, GOOGL, MSFT, NBIS, ORCL.

Median RS
RS 58
Above 50D
33%
Near high
0%
Coverage
6/6 primary companies with RS
AMZNAmazon.Com IncPrimaryRS 59
Role
Rents high-performance cloud instances for AI training and inference workloads.
Inclusion rationale
AWS markets Amazon EC2 P5 instances for accelerated computing using NVIDIA H100 GPUs. AMZN is a primary cloud-platform buyer, host, and renter of AI compute capacity.
Confidence
high
Sector
Consumer Discretionary
50D distance
5%
52-week-high proximity
91%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$12.8B

Sources

CRWVCoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common StockPrimaryRS 33
Role
CoreWeave builds and operates large-scale GPU data centers and rents that AI compute capacity (Nvidia-accelerated servers plus storage, networking, and software) to AI labs and enterprises on a cloud platform.
Inclusion rationale
CoreWeave is a purpose-built AI hyperscale cloud whose platform sits "between the models and the silicon," providing managed GPU infrastructure for training and serving AI models; as of 2026-06 it had surpassed 1 GW of active power, over 3.5 GW of contracted capacity, and a $99.4B revenue backlog from committed customer contracts, squarely placing it in the Cloud Platforms stage that buys, hosts, and rents AI compute.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-4%
52-week-high proximity
56%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$2.8B
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A Common StockPrimaryRS 66
Role
Operates Google Cloud AI infrastructure for cloud AI workloads.
Inclusion rationale
Google Cloud markets AI infrastructure for building and running AI applications. GOOGL is a primary cloud-platform provider because it sells hosted AI infrastructure capacity directly.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-1%
52-week-high proximity
85%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.0x
50D dollar volume
$10.9B
MSFTMicrosoft CorpPrimaryRS 58
Role
Operates Azure AI infrastructure for training and inference at cloud scale.
Inclusion rationale
Microsoft Azure markets AI infrastructure for high-performance computing and AI workloads. MSFT is therefore a primary hyperscale provider of rented AI compute capacity.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
16%
52-week-high proximity
88%
A/D
A
RVOL
0.5x
50D dollar volume
$16.3B
NBISNebius Group N.V. Class A Ordinary SharesPrimaryRS 96
Role
Nebius operates a full-stack AI cloud that buys, hosts, and rents large-scale GPU compute capacity to AI developers, startups, and enterprises.
Inclusion rationale
As of 2026-06, Nebius is an AI-native cloud platform that provisions and leases hyperscale GPU infrastructure — its Q1 2026 results describe it as "the AI cloud company" and detail securing up to 1.2 GW of power for a new owned AI factory, underpinning multibillion-dollar compute deals with Microsoft and Meta. That function — acquiring, hosting, and renting AI compute capacity — places it directly in the Cloud Platforms stage.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-5%
52-week-high proximity
70%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$5.1B
ORCLOracle CorpPrimaryRS 17
Role
Provides Oracle cloud infrastructure for enterprise AI workloads.
Inclusion rationale
Oracle markets AI infrastructure as part of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. ORCL fits this stage as an enterprise cloud operator renting AI compute and related services.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-1%
52-week-high proximity
41%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.5x
50D dollar volume
$4.7B
NODE 03

AI Servers And Systems

Constructive
RS 72

Server ODMs and system integrators that build and assemble GPU racks and complete AI systems.

Public companies in this stage: CLS, DELL, HPE, SMCI.

Median RS
RS 72
Above 50D
75%
Near high
0%
Coverage
4/4 primary companies with RS
CLSCelestica, Inc.PrimaryRS 46
Role
Celestica is a server ODM and system integrator that designs, manufactures, and performs complete rack integration of GPU-based AI servers and full rack-scale data center systems for hyperscalers and cloud/AI service providers.
Inclusion rationale
Celestica's own website describes it building AI infrastructure "from the nodes to the rack to the data center," providing "complete rack integration services, from engineering and design to configuration, validation, and logistics," and operating as an ODM co-designing custom AI hardware with hyperscalers. As of 2026-06 its Hardware Platform Solutions segment (AI servers, racks, and data center hardware) is its largest growth driver, placing it squarely in the AI Servers & Systems stage that assembles GPU racks and complete AI systems.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-14%
52-week-high proximity
62%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.5x
50D dollar volume
$828.5M
DELLDell Technologies Inc.PrimaryRS 98
Role
Dell Technologies designs, factory-integrates, and ships complete GPU-accelerated AI systems — PowerEdge XE-series servers (e.g., XE9780/XE9785 with NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra and AMD Instinct GPUs) assembled into rack-scale IR5000/IR7000 systems with liquid cooling, networking, and storage.
Inclusion rationale
As of 2026-06, Dell builds and assembles full AI server racks and turnkey "AI Factory" systems, integrating NVIDIA and AMD GPUs into purpose-built PowerEdge platforms delivered as factory-integrated IR7000 rack-scale solutions. This positions it squarely as an AI server system integrator rather than a component supplier, with AI-optimized server demand driving tens of billions in orders and backlog.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
1%
52-week-high proximity
84%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$2.9B
HPEHewlett Packard Enterprise CompanyPrimaryRS 97
Role
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a server OEM and system integrator that builds and assembles GPU-accelerated servers and complete liquid-cooled rack-scale AI systems (HPE ProLiant Compute and Cray lines based on NVIDIA Blackwell/Grace/Vera Rubin and AMD platforms).
Inclusion rationale
HPE's most recent 10-Q (period ended 2026-04-30) describes its "Cloud AI server portfolio" of general-purpose and workload-optimized servers built to deliver performance for demanding AI workloads, and identifies AI servers as a core market-share focus, with GPU supply as a key input. As of 2026-06, HPE assembles and integrates complete NVIDIA-based GPU racks and AI systems, placing it squarely in the AI Servers & Systems stage as an ODM/integrator.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
7%
52-week-high proximity
82%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$944.6M
SMCISuper Micro Computer, Inc. Common StockPrimaryRS 41
Role
Super Micro Computer designs, manufactures, integrates, and ships complete GPU server systems and turn-key full-rack-scale AI solutions (including liquid-cooled "AI factory" racks) that are validated and installed for AI datacenters.
Inclusion rationale
SMCI's FY2025 10-K describes it as a rack-scale Total IT Solutions provider whose turn-key servers, storage, and full-rack solutions optimized for AI/HPC are "designed, developed, validated and installed for leading AI datacenters," and it launched Data Center Building Block Solutions integrating servers, networking, racks, and liquid cooling for AI deployments. As of 2026-06 this places it squarely in the AI Servers & Systems stage as a server builder and system integrator that assembles complete GPU racks and AI systems.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
15%
52-week-high proximity
60%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$1.7B

Sources

NODE 04

AI Accelerators

Weak
RS 51

GPU, ASIC, and accelerator silicon used for model training and inference.

Public companies in this stage: AMD, AVGO, CBRS, MRVL, NVDA, QCOM, GOOGL, INTC.

Median RS
RS 51
Above 50D
17%
Near high
0%
Coverage
5/6 primary companies with RS
AMDAdvanced Micro DevicesPrimaryRS 95
Role
AMD designs and sells Instinct-series data-center GPU/APU accelerators (MI300, MI350, and the upcoming MI450) that perform AI model training and inference at hyperscale.
Inclusion rationale
AMD is one of the two dominant merchant suppliers of AI accelerator silicon, and its Instinct GPU ramp is now a primary driver of company revenue: Q1 2026 Data Center segment revenue hit $5.8B (+57% YoY) on continued Instinct shipments, with customers including Meta committing to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs. This places AMD squarely in the AI-accelerator silicon stage as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-10%
52-week-high proximity
78%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$14.2B

Sources

AVGOBroadcom Inc. Common StockPrimaryRS 43
Role
Broadcom designs and supplies custom AI accelerator silicon (XPU ASICs) for hyperscalers' model training and inference workloads, alongside the AI networking chips that connect those accelerators into clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Broadcom's Q1 FY2026 results (ended Feb 1, 2026) reported $8.4B of AI semiconductor revenue, up 106% year-over-year, which CEO Hock Tan attributed to "robust demand for custom AI accelerators and AI networking," with Q2 AI revenue guided to $10.7B. As the leading designer of bespoke training/inference ASICs for hyperscale customers, Broadcom sits at the core of the AI accelerator silicon stage as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-8%
52-week-high proximity
72%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$8.9B
CBRSCerebras Systems Inc. Class A Common StockPrimaryRS --
Role
Cerebras designs and sells wafer-scale AI accelerator silicon (the Wafer-Scale Engine WSE-3) and CS-3 systems purpose-built for large-model training and inference.
Inclusion rationale
Cerebras's IPO prospectus describes the company as an AI compute platform built around its proprietary WSE-3 chip and CS-3 systems for both AI training and inference, placing it directly in the accelerator-silicon stage as of June 2026 following its May 2026 Nasdaq debut. The chip is positioned as a GPU alternative (cited as having far more compute and on-chip memory than the leading commercial GPU), confirming its function as model-training/inference accelerator silicon.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology

RS unavailable for this snapshot

50D distance
-11%
52-week-high proximity
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$1.5B

Sources

MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc. Common StockPrimaryRS 97
Role
Marvell designs custom AI accelerator silicon (XPUs/ASICs) for hyperscalers, taping out purpose-built training and inference compute chips for cloud customers' data centers.
Inclusion rationale
Marvell's AI infrastructure page confirms it "designs custom silicon tailored for any application" and has "developed a new custom HBM compute architecture that optimizes custom XPU performance," placing it squarely in the AI-accelerator silicon stage; as of 2026-06 it is a leading merchant designer of custom AI XPUs/ASICs for hyperscalers (e.g., Amazon Trainium, Microsoft Maia, Google).
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-2%
52-week-high proximity
70%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$8.4B

Sources

NVDANvidia CorpPrimaryRS 51
Role
NVIDIA designs and sells the data-center GPU accelerators (the Blackwell/Blackwell Ultra platform plus Hopper) that perform the compute for large-scale AI model training and inference.
Inclusion rationale
NVIDIA's fiscal 2026 Form 10-K describes its Data Center accelerated-computing GPUs as purpose-built for "AI model training and inference," and the filing details the launch and scaling of the Blackwell Ultra platform for agentic, reasoning, and physical AI. As of 2026-06 it is the dominant supplier of merchant GPU silicon to hyperscalers and AI-factory buildouts, placing it squarely in the AI accelerator silicon stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
0%
52-week-high proximity
88%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.2x
50D dollar volume
$26.6B

Sources

QCOMQualcomm IncPrimaryRS 27
Role
Qualcomm designs and sells the AI200 and AI250 rack-scale data center inference accelerators, Hexagon-NPU-based accelerator silicon (chips, PCIe cards, and full liquid-cooled racks) built to run large-scale generative AI inference workloads.
Inclusion rationale
In October 2025 Qualcomm unveiled the AI200 (commercial in 2026) and AI250 (2027) as purpose-built data center inference accelerators, explicitly positioning them against rack-scale solutions from Nvidia and AMD, which places QCOM directly in the AI accelerator silicon stage as of 2026-06. Confidence is medium because the products are still ramping to commercial availability rather than shipping at volume.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-11%
52-week-high proximity
61%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$2.7B
GOOGLAlphabet Inc. Class A Common StockAdjacentRS 66
Role
Alphabet designs custom AI accelerator silicon (its Tensor Processing Unit ASIC family, e.g. the Ironwood/eighth-generation TPUs) purpose-built for machine-learning model training and inference.
Inclusion rationale
Although Alphabet's primary supply-chain role is as a hyperscale cloud and AI infrastructure operator that consumes accelerators, it ALSO belongs in the accelerator-silicon stage because it architects its own custom TPU ASICs. As of 2026-06 Google Cloud markets these TPUs as a distinct AI accelerator option alongside GPUs, with the latest generation split into training- and inference-optimized chips, confirming Alphabet as a designer of model-training and inference silicon.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-1%
52-week-high proximity
85%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.0x
50D dollar volume
$10.9B

Sources

INTCIntel CorpAdjacentRS 96
Role
Intel designs and sells the Gaudi 3 line of data-center AI accelerator silicon purpose-built for large-scale generative-AI training and inference workloads.
Inclusion rationale
Intel's primary supply-chain role is semiconductor manufacturing/foundry and x86 CPUs, but it also belongs in the AI accelerators stage because its Gaudi 3 accelerators are dedicated training/inference silicon positioned as a lower-cost alternative to Nvidia GPUs. As of 2026-06, Gaudi 3 is generally available across OEM platforms and remains Intel's flagship accelerator product (with a Gaudi successor / Jaguar Shores roadmap), giving Intel a meaningful, if secondary, presence in accelerator silicon.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-19%
52-week-high proximity
61%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$12.6B
NODE 05

Power Semiconductors

Weak
RS 56

Power-delivery and conversion silicon (48V/800VDC, GaN/SiC, PMICs) feeding AI racks.

Public companies in this stage: MPWR, ON.

Median RS
RS 56
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
2/2 primary companies with RS
MPWRMonolithic Power Systems, Inc.PrimaryRS 62
Role
Monolithic Power Systems designs the high-integration analog/mixed-signal DC-to-DC power-conversion ICs and power-management solutions that convert and regulate the voltages delivered to AI accelerators, CPU servers, and other silicon inside AI data-center racks.
Inclusion rationale
Per its FY2025 10-K, MPWR's differentiated DC-to-DC products are used to convert and control voltages within AI systems and cloud/on-premises CPU servers, with its "Enterprise Data" end market (CPU servers, workstations, and AI systems) at 25.2% of 2025 revenue, placing it squarely in the power-delivery/conversion silicon stage feeding AI racks. The filing emphasizes high integration, high-voltage operation, and high load-current capability, the exact characteristics required for dense 48V/high-voltage AI server power delivery as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-6%
52-week-high proximity
75%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.1x
50D dollar volume
$1.3B
ONON Semiconductor CorpPrimaryRS 50
Role
onsemi designs and manufactures the power-conversion and power-delivery silicon — silicon and silicon carbide devices, solid state transformers, power supply units, and processor-level voltage regulation — that steps energy down across the full 800VDC-to-core power tree feeding AI data center GPU racks.
Inclusion rationale
In its July 2025 collaboration with NVIDIA, onsemi is positioned to supply high-efficiency, high-density power conversion across every stage of the AI data center power journey — from high-voltage AC/DC conversion at the substation to precise voltage regulation at the processor level — using its silicon and SiC portfolio for 800 VDC distribution, solid state transformers, and power supply units. That spanning role across the AI-rack power tree as of 2026-06 places it squarely in the power-semiconductors stage.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-22%
52-week-high proximity
53%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$1.0B
NODE 06

Memory And Storage

Weak
RS 98

High-bandwidth memory, server memory, and storage needed by AI clusters.

Public companies in this stage: MU, P, SNDK, STX, WDC.

Median RS
RS 98
Above 50D
20%
Near high
0%
Coverage
4/5 primary companies with RS
MUMicron Technology, Inc.PrimaryRS 99
Role
Supplies high-bandwidth memory for AI accelerators and clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Micron markets HBM3E memory, a key input for AI accelerator performance. MU is a primary memory-stage supplier for AI infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-5%
52-week-high proximity
73%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$43.8B
PEverpure, Inc.PrimaryRS --
Role
Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) designs and sells flash-based storage and data-management platforms — FlashBlade//EXA, FlashArray, and Purity OS — that feed and store data for AI training/inference clusters, hyperscalers, and enterprise AI pipelines.
Inclusion rationale
As of June 2026, Everpure positions its FlashBlade//EXA system as purpose-built for large-scale AI and HPC storage (citing the highest-ever SPECstorage 2020 AI_Image benchmark score) and is growing a hyperscaler segment alongside AI-data tooling like Purity DeepReduce and Everpure Data Stream, placing it firmly in the Memory & Storage stage supplying storage for AI clusters. Its Q1 FY2027 results (May 27, 2026) frame the company as helping enterprises "activate their data for the AI era," confirming current relevance to AI infrastructure.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Industrials

RS unavailable for this snapshot

50D distance
20%
52-week-high proximity
A/D
B
RVOL
1.2x
50D dollar volume
$249.8M

Sources

SNDKSandisk Corporation Common StockPrimaryRS 99
Role
Sandisk designs and manufactures NAND flash storage — including enterprise/data-center SSDs and the emerging High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) memory tier — that supplies the high-capacity, high-bandwidth storage feeding AI training and inference clusters.
Inclusion rationale
As an independent NAND-flash maker (spun out of Western Digital in Feb 2025), Sandisk supplies enterprise SSDs and is co-developing/standardizing High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) with SK hynix as a new memory tier purpose-built for AI inference, placing it directly in the Memory & Storage stage for AI clusters as of 2026-06. Its data-center segment is the company's primary AI-driven growth engine, underscoring its role in storage for AI infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-9%
52-week-high proximity
63%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$23.2B
STXSeagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland)PrimaryRS 98
Role
Supplies high-capacity drives for AI data-center storage demand.
Inclusion rationale
Seagate announced 30TB drives to meet global data-center AI storage demand. STX is a primary storage supplier within the AI infrastructure chain.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-11%
52-week-high proximity
69%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$4.6B
WDCWestern Digital Corp.PrimaryRS 98
Role
Western Digital designs and manufactures high-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs) that provide the bulk mass-storage layer for the data lakes and training/inference datasets running in hyperscale AI data centers.
Inclusion rationale
As a post-flash-spinoff pure-play HDD maker, Western Digital is repositioning its drives explicitly for the AI-driven data economy, unveiling AI-targeted products (40TB UltraSMR shipping, 60TB ePMR and 100TB+ HAMR roadmap, High Bandwidth Drive and power-optimized "cold data" drives) at its February 2026 Innovation Day. With roughly 90% of revenue tied to AI and cloud and its 2026 HDD production sold out to hyperscalers, it is a core storage supplier for AI clusters as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-20%
52-week-high proximity
54%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$5.1B
NODE 07

Networking And Interconnect

Weak
RS 86

Switching, interconnect, and connector products that move data inside AI clusters.

Public companies in this stage: ALAB, ANET, APH, CIEN, CRDO, CSCO, AVGO, MRVL.

Median RS
RS 86
Above 50D
17%
Near high
0%
Coverage
6/6 primary companies with RS
ALABAstera Labs, Inc. Common StockPrimaryRS 89
Role
Provides PCIe connectivity products for advanced AI and cloud infrastructure.
Inclusion rationale
Astera Labs announced production ramp of a PCIe 6 connectivity portfolio for advanced AI and cloud deployments. ALAB is a primary listed interconnect supplier for AI clusters.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-21%
52-week-high proximity
56%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$1.9B
ANETArista NetworksPrimaryRS 84
Role
Provides Ethernet AI networking platforms for data-center clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Arista announced Etherlink AI networking platforms for AI workloads. ANET is a primary networking supplier for cluster fabrics inside AI infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
6%
52-week-high proximity
88%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$1.4B
APHAmphenol CorporationPrimaryRS 69
Role
Amphenol designs and manufactures high-speed connectors, copper and fiber-optic cable assemblies, and backplane interconnect systems that physically move data between compute, switching, and storage nodes inside data centers and AI clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Amphenol's IT datacom interconnect products (high-speed connectors, near-chip cable, and fiber-optic connectivity) are core hardware for data movement inside AI data centers, and the company is expanding this position via its $10.5B acquisition of CommScope's Connectivity and Cable Solutions business to add fiber-optic interconnect for artificial intelligence and other data center applications. As of 2026-06, AI infrastructure buildout is driving rapid growth in this interconnect portfolio, placing APH squarely in the networking and interconnect stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-3%
52-week-high proximity
87%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$1.2B
CIENCiena CorporationPrimaryRS 93
Role
Provides optical networking technology for AI data-center connectivity.
Inclusion rationale
Ciena discusses optical innovation for the future of data-center networking in AI environments. CIEN is a primary optical networking exposure in this supply-chain stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-11%
52-week-high proximity
58%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$1.1B
CRDOCredo Technology Group Holding Ltd Ordinary SharesPrimaryRS 89
Role
Supplies optical AI connectivity products for low-power data movement.
Inclusion rationale
Credo announced plans to showcase high-performance, low-power optical AI connectivity solutions. CRDO fits the interconnect stage through specialized connectivity for AI infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-8%
52-week-high proximity
72%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$1.7B
CSCOCisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE)PrimaryRS 76
Role
Supplies data-center AI networking solutions and switches.
Inclusion rationale
Cisco describes AI networking for data centers with NVIDIA Spectrum-X. CSCO fits this stage as a networking and interconnect supplier for AI clusters.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-5%
52-week-high proximity
85%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.5x
50D dollar volume
$2.7B
AVGOBroadcom Inc. Common StockAdjacentRS 43
Role
Broadcom supplies the merchant Ethernet switch and fabric-router silicon (Tomahawk and Jericho families) plus AI Ethernet NICs that interconnect XPUs and move data inside AI clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Although Broadcom's primary supply-chain role is designing custom AI accelerators (XPUs/ASICs for hyperscalers), it also belongs in Networking & Interconnect because it ships the dominant merchant switch silicon for AI data centers; its Tomahawk 6 (102.4 Tbps), Tomahawk Ultra, and Jericho 4 products entered production volume in 2026 to build the scale-up/scale-out fabrics linking 1M+ XPU clusters. As of 2026-06, this switching/interconnect portfolio is shipping in production and is positioned as the backbone moving data between processors inside AI clusters.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-8%
52-week-high proximity
72%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$8.9B
MRVLMarvell Technology, Inc. Common StockAdjacentRS 97
Role
Marvell supplies high-radix Ethernet switching silicon (Teralynx) and PAM4/optical interconnect DSPs that move data between accelerators and across fabrics inside AI clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Although Marvell's primary role is designing custom AI accelerator silicon (XPUs/ASICs) for hyperscalers, it also belongs in this stage because it ships the switching and interconnect products that wire those clusters together. As of June 2026 it announced the Teralynx T100, a 102.4 Tbps AI-purpose-built switch supporting scale-up fabric protocols, alongside its 1.6T PAM4 optical DSP interconnect portfolio.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-2%
52-week-high proximity
70%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$8.4B
NODE 08

Optical Interconnect

Weak
RS 85

Optical transceivers, lasers, and fiber that move data between AI cluster nodes.

Public companies in this stage: COHR, FN, GLW, LITE.

Median RS
RS 85
Above 50D
25%
Near high
0%
Coverage
4/4 primary companies with RS
COHRCoherent Corp.PrimaryRS 90
Role
Coherent designs and manufactures the optical transceivers, lasers, silicon-photonics modules, and optical components/cables (DACs/AOCs) that move data between nodes in AI datacenter clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Coherent's own networking site positions its pluggable optical transceivers, lasers/photodiodes, active optical cables, and optical circuit switches as the products that "power next-generation AI networks, hyperscale datacenters, and global communications," with a 1.6T silicon-photonics transceiver and an NVIDIA optics partnership — placing it squarely in the optical interconnect stage as of 2026-06. Its fiscal Q3 2026 results show Datacenter & Communications as the primary growth driver, confirming this is a core, current line of business.
Confidence
high
Sector
Healthcare
50D distance
-16%
52-week-high proximity
63%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$2.0B
FNFabrinetPrimaryRS 28
Role
Fabrinet is a contract manufacturer that provides advanced optical packaging, precision assembly, and test services to OEMs of optical transceivers, modules, and lasers used to move data between AI cluster nodes.
Inclusion rationale
Fabrinet manufactures the high-speed optical communications components, modules, and subsystems (including 400G/800G/1.6T datacom transceivers and lasers) that form the optical interconnect layer of AI data centers, with datacom now its fastest-growing segment as of its Q3 FY2026 results (quarter ended March 27, 2026). It belongs in this stage because it is the dominant outsourced builder of the advanced transceivers that link AI compute nodes.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-18%
52-week-high proximity
56%
A/D
E
RVOL
1.1x
50D dollar volume
$520.4M
GLWCorning IncorporatedPrimaryRS 80
Role
Corning supplies the optical fiber, cables, connectors, and co-packaged-optics systems that physically carry data between nodes in AI compute clusters and across data-center campuses.
Inclusion rationale
Corning's March 2026 announcement details an end-to-end optical interconnect portfolio purpose-built for AI networks — multicore fiber with 4x density, Contour Flow micro cable, MMC connectors, and "fiber to the chip" co-packaged optics — squarely placing it in the Optical Interconnect stage as of 2026-06. This is reinforced by its May 2026 multiyear optical-connectivity partnership with NVIDIA and ongoing AI data-center work with Meta.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Materials
50D distance
-16%
52-week-high proximity
54%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$2.6B
LITELumentum Holdings Inc. Common StockPrimaryRS 98
Role
Lumentum designs and manufactures the high-speed optical transceivers, EML lasers, and photonic components that convert electrical signals to light to move data between nodes inside AI/cloud data center clusters.
Inclusion rationale
Lumentum's FY2025 10-K describes its Cloud & Networking segment supplying optical/photonic chips, components, modules, and subsystems (including EML chips, pump lasers, narrow linewidth laser assemblies for data center interconnect, and 800G modules) to cloud data center and AI/ML infrastructure providers. As of 2026-06 it is a leading merchant supplier of the 200 Gbps-per-lane EMLs and 800G/1.6T transceivers that carry traffic between AI cluster nodes, placing it primarily in the optical interconnect stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
2%
52-week-high proximity
76%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$4.1B

Sources

NODE 09

Chip-Design Software

Weak
RS 28

Electronic design automation software and design IP used to create advanced AI silicon.

Public companies in this stage: CDNS, SNPS.

Median RS
RS 28
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
2/2 primary companies with RS
CDNSCadence Design SystemsPrimaryRS 34
Role
Cadence Design Systems develops electronic design automation (EDA) software, verification/emulation systems, and semiconductor design IP that chipmakers use to architect, design, and verify advanced AI silicon before manufacturing.
Inclusion rationale
Cadence's FY2025 10-K describes the company as a leading provider of EDA software, hardware, and semiconductor IP, with $5.3B revenue (up 14%) driven by demand across software, hardware, and IP product offerings. Its tools (e.g., digital implementation, logic simulation, and formal verification, plus AI-driven flows partnered with NVIDIA and TSMC) are the design-stage software layer used to create AI chips, placing it squarely in the chip-design EDA stage as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-10%
52-week-high proximity
76%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$815.2M

Sources

SNPSSynopsys IncPrimaryRS 22
Role
Synopsys is the leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor design IP that engineers use to architect, optimize, verify, and tape out the advanced silicon underlying AI accelerators and high-performance computing chips.
Inclusion rationale
Synopsys self-describes as "#1 in EDA" and "#2 in Silicon IP," supplying the AI-enabled design-automation tools and pre-built IP blocks that chip designers rely on to build AI silicon at advanced nodes, placing it squarely in the chip-design EDA stage. As of 2026 this remains its core business, with Design Automation revenue reaching $2.0B in Q1 FY2026 amid surging AI-driven design complexity.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-6%
52-week-high proximity
64%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$776.7M

Sources

NODE 10

Foundry And IP

Weak
RS 82

Foundries, design IP, and manufacturing partners behind advanced AI silicon.

Public companies in this stage: ARM, GFS, INTC, TSM.

Median RS
RS 82
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
4/4 primary companies with RS
ARMArm Holdings plc American Depositary SharesPrimaryRS 86
Role
Provides processor IP used by semiconductor designers.
Inclusion rationale
Arm markets microprocessor cores and processor technology as silicon IP. ARM fits the foundry and IP stage as a design-IP provider for advanced chips.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-20%
52-week-high proximity
53%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$2.3B
GFSGlobalFoundries Inc. Ordinary SharesPrimaryRS 37
Role
GlobalFoundries is a scaled pure-play semiconductor foundry that manufactures complex integrated circuits on differentiated process platforms for fabless chip designers and IDMs, supplying silicon for end markets including communications infrastructure and data center.
Inclusion rationale
As of June 2026, its FY2025 Form 20-F describes GlobalFoundries as "one of the world's leading semiconductor foundries, manufacturing complex ICs" with a highly differentiated technology portfolio serving Communications Infrastructure / Data Center customers, and the filing reflects its 2025 acquisition of MIPS (processor design IP) and InfiniLink, placing it squarely in the foundry and manufacturing-partner layer behind advanced silicon. It is a specialty/mature-node foundry rather than a leading-edge AI-accelerator fab, which warrants medium confidence for this stage.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-27%
52-week-high proximity
50%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$225.9M
INTCIntel CorpPrimaryRS 96
Role
Intel operates the Intel Foundry segment, an integrated device manufacturer that fabricates advanced AI/compute silicon on its own leading-edge nodes (e.g., 18A with RibbonFET/PowerVia) and offers wafer fabrication, advanced packaging, chiplet integration, and design-enablement services to external foundry customers.
Inclusion rationale
Intel's FY2025 10-K states that its Intel Foundry operating segment "offers semiconductor design and manufacturing services to external customers" across wafer fabrication, advanced packaging, chiplet integration, and design enablement, and that it "ramped Intel 18A into high-volume production" in 2025 as the first U.S.-made gate-all-around/backside-power node. As a U.S.-based foundry, design-IP provider, and manufacturing partner for advanced AI silicon, Intel sits squarely in the Foundry & IP stage as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-19%
52-week-high proximity
61%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$12.6B
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd.PrimaryRS 78
Role
Manufactures advanced semiconductors for fabless chip designers.
Inclusion rationale
TSMC describes itself as a semiconductor foundry company. TSM is a primary manufacturing partner behind advanced AI silicon.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-3%
52-week-high proximity
86%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$5.8B

Sources

NODE 11

Advanced Packaging

Weak
RS 89

Advanced packaging and OSAT (HBM integration, 2.5D/3D) behind AI accelerators.

Public companies in this stage: AMKR, KLIC, ONTO.

Median RS
RS 89
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
3/3 primary companies with RS
AMKRAmkor Technology IncPrimaryRS 71
Role
Amkor is the largest U.S.-headquartered OSAT provider, delivering outsourced advanced-packaging assembly and test — including 2.5D/3D heterogeneous integration and high-density fan-out for HBM-to-logic integration — that enables AI accelerators and data-center compute silicon.
Inclusion rationale
Amkor's May 2026 investor presentation frames advanced packaging (2.5D/3D, HBM integration) as the company's core growth engine amid an "Advanced Packaging-Led Era," with computing/AI accelerators a key end market, placing it squarely in the advanced-packaging/OSAT stage behind AI accelerators as of 2026-06. As a primary OSAT integrator of HBM into 2.5D/3D packages for AI chips, it occupies a load-bearing node in this stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-27%
52-week-high proximity
50%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$378.4M
KLICKulicke & Soffa Industries IncPrimaryRS 89
Role
Kulicke & Soffa designs and sells the thermo-compression and hybrid bonding equipment used to stack HBM memory and assemble 2.5D/3D advanced packages, the back-end interconnect tooling that physically integrates memory and logic dies in AI accelerator packages.
Inclusion rationale
As of 2026-06, K&S sits squarely in the advanced-packaging/OSAT stage: its expanded memory portfolio spans Ball, Vertical Wire, Advanced Thermo-Compression, and Hybrid Bonding, the very interconnect processes used to build HBM stacks and 2.5D/3D packages, and management cites roughly 70% sequential TCB growth in fiscal 2026 plus its first HBM system shipment, tying the business directly to AI-driven advanced packaging demand. Confidence is medium because K&S is a back-end equipment supplier (not an OSAT or packaging house itself), so its revenue is a derived, lagging proxy for end-market AI advanced-packaging volume.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-20%
52-week-high proximity
61%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.5x
50D dollar volume
$123.4M

Sources

ONTOOnto Innovation Inc.PrimaryRS 93
Role
Onto Innovation supplies the optical metrology and inspection systems (e.g., the Dragonfly platform and 3Di technology) that semiconductor and HBM makers use for process control and defect detection across 2.5D/3D advanced-packaging and HBM stacking flows.
Inclusion rationale
Per Onto Innovation's March 2026 IR release, a leading HBM manufacturer selected its Dragonfly G5 inspection system for the HBM4 ramp with double-digit orders of G5 and 3Di tools, and the company expects advanced-packaging revenue to grow over 30% in 2026 — placing it squarely in the advanced-packaging/HBM integration stage behind AI accelerators as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Healthcare
50D distance
-7%
52-week-high proximity
73%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$397.5M
NODE 12

Semicap Equipment

Weak
RS 93

Lithography, deposition, etch, inspection, and process equipment required to manufacture advanced chips.

Public companies in this stage: AMAT, ASML, KLAC, LRCX, TER.

Median RS
RS 93
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
5/5 primary companies with RS
AMATApplied Materials IncPrimaryRS 94
Role
Provides materials engineering equipment for semiconductor manufacturing.
Inclusion rationale
Applied Materials' 10-K is a primary company filing for its semiconductor equipment business. AMAT fits this stage through equipment used in advanced chip production.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-13%
52-week-high proximity
65%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.2x
50D dollar volume
$5.6B

Sources

ASMLASML Holding NVPrimaryRS 88
Role
Supplies lithography systems used to manufacture advanced chips.
Inclusion rationale
ASML describes its role as a semiconductor equipment company. ASML is a primary semicap supplier because advanced AI silicon depends on lithography capacity.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-2%
52-week-high proximity
87%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$3.3B

Sources

KLACKLA Corporation Common StockPrimaryRS 84
Role
Provides process control and yield management systems for chip manufacturing.
Inclusion rationale
KLA describes itself as a leader in process control and yield management. KLAC fits this stage because advanced chip production depends on inspection and yield tools.
Confidence
high
Sector
Healthcare
50D distance
-17%
52-week-high proximity
59%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$2.9B
LRCXLam Research CorpPrimaryRS 93
Role
Supplies wafer fabrication equipment for semiconductor process steps.
Inclusion rationale
Lam Research presents products used across semiconductor manufacturing processes. LRCX is a primary semicap equipment supplier for advanced chip production.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-8%
52-week-high proximity
71%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$4.0B

Sources

TERTeradyne, Inc. Common StockPrimaryRS 94
Role
Supplies semiconductor test equipment used in chip production.
Inclusion rationale
Teradyne markets semiconductor testing products. TER is a semicap equipment exposure through test systems used to validate chips and devices.
Confidence
high
Sector
Healthcare
50D distance
-5%
52-week-high proximity
75%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$1.7B

Sources

NODE 13

Data-Center Facilities

Mixed
RS 52

Data-center operators, owners, and service providers that house AI infrastructure.

Public companies in this stage: CBRE, DLR, EQIX.

Median RS
RS 52
Above 50D
100%
Near high
0%
Coverage
3/3 primary companies with RS
CBRECBRE GROUP, INC.PrimaryRS 51
Role
Provides real estate and services support for data-center operators.
Inclusion rationale
CBRE markets data center solutions as a property-type service offering. The exposure supports facilities rather than owning the core AI compute stack, so confidence is medium.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Real Estate
50D distance
7%
52-week-high proximity
87%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.5x
50D dollar volume
$248.4M
DLRDigital Realty Trust, Inc.PrimaryRS 52
Role
Owns and operates global data-center facilities for enterprise infrastructure.
Inclusion rationale
Digital Realty markets global data center solutions. DLR is a primary listed data-center owner and operator exposed to AI infrastructure capacity demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Financials
50D distance
1%
52-week-high proximity
91%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$584.5M

Sources

EQIXEquinix, Inc. Common Stock REITPrimaryRS 64
Role
Equinix is a global data-center REIT that owns and operates 280+ IBX colocation facilities across 36 countries, providing the physical space, power, cooling, and dense interconnection that house enterprise and cloud AI infrastructure.
Inclusion rationale
Equinix's own investor materials position it as "the world's digital infrastructure company" running a global network of IBX data centers and emphasize AI-ready infrastructure, with Q1 2026 results citing record AFFO and AI-driven demand (AI-tied Fabric connections tripling year over year). As an owner/operator of the colocation facilities that physically host AI compute, it sits squarely in the Data-Center Facilities stage as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Financials
50D distance
0%
52-week-high proximity
93%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.1x
50D dollar volume
$658.2M
NODE 14

Thermal And Cooling

Weak
RS 52

Cooling, power distribution, and physical infrastructure inside AI data centers.

Public companies in this stage: AAON, CARR, ETN, JCI, MOD, NVT, TT, VRT.

Median RS
RS 52
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
8/8 primary companies with RS
AAONAaon IncPrimaryRS 16
Role
AAON, through its BASX subsidiary, designs and manufactures custom liquid-cooling and free-cooling chiller systems and thermal-management equipment installed inside AI data centers to reject the heat from high-density GPU/compute racks.
Inclusion rationale
AAON/BASX supplies purpose-built data-center cooling systems for AI workloads — for example its customized free-cooling chiller deployment for Applied Digital's Polaris Forge 1 AI campus, which rejects up to 100% of the IT load with zero water consumption for power densities 15-30x traditional data centers. With BASX-branded data-center sales surging in 2025-2026 on liquid-cooling demand, the company is a direct provider of the thermal/cooling layer of AI data-center physical infrastructure as of 2026-06.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-28%
52-week-high proximity
51%
A/D
E
RVOL
1.4x
50D dollar volume
$114.8M
CARRCarrier Global CorporationPrimaryRS 39
Role
Carrier Global supplies the cooling backbone of AI data centers—centrifugal chillers (e.g., AquaEdge 30CF) and direct-to-chip liquid cooling integrated through its QuantumLeap thermal-management suite—to remove heat from high-density compute.
Inclusion rationale
As of 2026-06, Carrier is actively scaling AI-data-center thermal infrastructure: Carrier Ventures expanded its 2025 investment in ZutaCore (April 2026) to deliver interoperable single- and two-phase, waterless direct-to-chip liquid cooling under its QuantumLeap suite, and launched the AquaEdge 30CF chiller (Feb 2026) for data-center uptime. This places it squarely in the cooling/physical-infrastructure stage as chip power densities push thermal limits.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-11%
52-week-high proximity
78%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$403.7M
ETNEaton Corporation, plc Ordinary SharesPrimaryRS 58
Role
Provides modular power infrastructure for rapid AI factory deployment.
Inclusion rationale
Eaton announced modular data-center offerings for AI factories from grid to chip. ETN is a primary supplier of power distribution and electrical infrastructure for AI data centers.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-2%
52-week-high proximity
85%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$946.5M
JCIJohnson Controls International plcPrimaryRS 61
Role
Johnson Controls designs and manufactures the integrated cooling and thermal-management systems inside AI data centers — Silent-Aire coolant distribution units, York air- and water-cooled chillers, and CRAH/CRAC air handlers that capture, transfer, and reject heat from high-density GPU racks.
Inclusion rationale
Johnson Controls' data-center thermal-management portfolio spans heat capture (Silent-Aire CDUs delivering 500 kW–10 MW of liquid cooling to cold plates), transfer (York/M&M Carnot CRAH/CRAC units), and rejection (York YDAM/YVAM magnetic-bearing chillers), positioning it squarely in the cooling and physical-infrastructure layer of AI data centers as of 2026-06. Recent moves — the Accelsius direct-to-chip investment and the agreement to acquire Alloy Enterprises for next-gen liquid cooling — reinforce its active leadership in this stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-2%
52-week-high proximity
91%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$584.3M

Sources

MODModine Manufacturing CoPrimaryRS 42
Role
Modine designs and manufactures the in-data-center thermal stack — chillers, dry coolers, precision air handlers, CRAC/CRAH units, fan walls, rear-door heat exchangers, coolant distribution units (CDUs), and immersion cooling — through its Data Centers business (Airedale by Modine).
Inclusion rationale
Per its FY2026 10-K, Modine's Data Centers business sells data-center cooling products (chillers, dry coolers, CRAC/CRAH, fan walls, rear-door heat exchangers, CDUs, and immersion solutions) explicitly to serve AI-driven high-performance-computing demand, and it signed a long-term capacity agreement to supply more than $4 billion of these products in 2027-2029. This places Modine squarely in the cooling and physical-infrastructure layer inside AI data centers as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-18%
52-week-high proximity
58%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$371.8M

Sources

NVTnVent Electric plc Ordinary SharesPrimaryRS 78
Role
nVent Electric designs and manufactures the cooling, power-distribution, and rack infrastructure inside AI data centers — coolant distribution units (CDUs), liquid-cooling manifolds, intelligent PDUs, and racks that remove heat and deliver power at the rack level.
Inclusion rationale
At SC25 in November 2025 nVent unveiled a modular liquid-cooling and power portfolio (row- and rack-based CDUs, TCS manifolds, next-gen PDUs, and reference-design racks) built to chip-makers' cooling specs and to hyperscale AI workloads, including a Project Deschutes CDU based on Google's OCP specification and a liquid-cooling/power reference architecture with Siemens. This places nVent squarely in the thermal, cooling, power-distribution, and physical-infrastructure layer inside AI data centers as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-5%
52-week-high proximity
83%
A/D
B
RVOL
1.1x
50D dollar volume
$343.8M
TTTrane Technologies plcPrimaryRS 47
Role
Provides thermal management reference designs for AI factories.
Inclusion rationale
Trane Technologies announced thermal management reference designs for AI factories. TT fits this stage through cooling infrastructure for high-density AI facilities.
Confidence
high
Sector
Healthcare
50D distance
-4%
52-week-high proximity
90%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.1x
50D dollar volume
$573.4M
VRTVertiv Holdings Co Class A Common StockPrimaryRS 72
Role
Provides converged physical infrastructure for AI factories and data centers.
Inclusion rationale
Vertiv announced infrastructure support for NVIDIA Vera Rubin DSX AI factories. VRT is a primary thermal and power infrastructure supplier for AI data centers.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-13%
52-week-high proximity
67%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$1.8B
NODE 15

Grid And Electrification

Weak
RS 61

Grid equipment, transmission, and electrification companies exposed to AI power demand.

Public companies in this stage: ACM, GEV, HUBB, MYRG, POWL, PWR.

Median RS
RS 61
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
6/6 primary companies with RS
ACMAecomPrimaryRS 15
Role
Provides engineering and infrastructure services for data centers and digital infrastructure.
Inclusion rationale
AECOM markets data centers and digital infrastructure services within high-tech markets. The exposure is project and infrastructure services rather than owned grid equipment, so confidence is medium.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-6%
52-week-high proximity
48%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$135.0M
GEVGE Vernova Inc.PrimaryRS 72
Role
GE Vernova designs and manufactures grid equipment, power transmission, and electrification systems (grid solutions, transformers, power conversion, grid automation/software) that connect, transmit, and stabilize electricity for utilities and data centers.
Inclusion rationale
GE Vernova's Electrification segment supplies the transmission and grid-equipment hardware (including Prolec GE transformers) that AI data centers and utilities need to expand capacity, booking $2.4B in equipment orders to support data centers in Q1 2026 alone — more than all of the prior year — placing it squarely in the grid-electrification layer exposed to AI power demand. Its full acquisition of grid-equipment supplier Prolec GE in Q1 2026 added ~$5B to backlog, reinforcing its central role in grid equipment and transmission as of 2026-06.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-9%
52-week-high proximity
79%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$2.9B
HUBBHubbell IncorporatedPrimaryRS 44
Role
Provides electrical and utility products for data-center markets.
Inclusion rationale
Hubbell lists data centers as a market for its products. HUBB is a primary electrification supplier exposed to data-center and grid equipment demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-6%
52-week-high proximity
83%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.0x
50D dollar volume
$285.5M

Sources

MYRGMYR Group, Inc.PrimaryRS 58
Role
MYR Group is one of the largest U.S. specialty electrical contractors building, upgrading, and maintaining high-voltage transmission lines, substations, and distribution networks for electric utilities across North America.
Inclusion rationale
Its Transmission & Distribution segment (~$2.0B of 2025 revenue) directly constructs and modernizes the grid equipment and substation infrastructure that utilities are expanding to meet rising electrification and data-center power demand; the FY2025 10-K cites growing investor-owned utility transmission investment ($178B projected 2025-2028) and data-center-driven electrification as core demand tailwinds. This places it squarely in Grid & Electrification, with medium confidence as a contractor/installer rather than a grid-equipment OEM.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-22%
52-week-high proximity
61%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$121.2M

Sources

POWLPowell Industries IncPrimaryRS 82
Role
Powell Industries designs and manufactures custom-engineered medium-voltage switchgear and E-House modular substations that connect the utility grid to power-hungry loads, supplying the electrical distribution and control equipment that energizes data centers, substations, and grid-modernization projects.
Inclusion rationale
Powell's medium-voltage switchgear and modular substation packages are the interface between the transmission/distribution grid and large electrical loads, making it a direct grid-equipment and electrification supplier. As of 2026-06, its order book is being driven by AI-led power demand — its first data center megaproject booking (over $100M of data center orders in fiscal Q1 2026) alongside 35% YoY growth in electric utility revenue — confirming active exposure to grid build-out and AI power demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-21%
52-week-high proximity
58%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.6x
50D dollar volume
$187.8M

Sources

PWRQuanta Services, Inc.PrimaryRS 65
Role
Provides power generation and grid infrastructure solutions for large-load customers.
Inclusion rationale
Quanta announced its selection by NiSource to provide power generation and grid infrastructure solutions for a large-load customer. PWR fits the grid-electrification stage through infrastructure work tied to data-center-driven demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Industrials
50D distance
-8%
52-week-high proximity
78%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.3x
50D dollar volume
$856.2M
NODE 16

Energy Supply

Weak
RS 36

Power generators and utilities that can supply growing data-center electricity demand.

Public companies in this stage: BE, CEG, DUK, NEE, NRG, SO, VST.

Median RS
RS 36
Above 50D
14%
Near high
0%
Coverage
7/7 primary companies with RS
BEBloom Energy CorporationPrimaryRS 95
Role
Bloom Energy manufactures and deploys on-site solid oxide fuel cell power systems (Energy Servers) that supply around-the-clock baseload electricity contracted for AI data centers and AI infrastructure.
Inclusion rationale
Bloom belongs to the broader AI-baseload generation theme as of 2026-06 because its FY2025 10-K confirms it sells dispatchable, grid-independent baseload power into AI/data-center customers, anchored by multi-gigawatt deals such as Oracle's Project Jupiter (up to 2.8 GW). Note a stage-fit caveat: Bloom is a fuel cell generator, not a merchant nuclear or SMR operator, and is widely positioned as the near-term alternative to nuclear/SMR for AI baseload, hence medium confidence in this nuclear-and-SMR stage.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Technology
50D distance
-15%
52-week-high proximity
58%
A/D
E
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$3.6B

Sources

CEGConstellation Energy Corporation Common StockPrimaryRS 27
Role
Constellation Energy operates the largest U.S. nuclear fleet plus hydro, wind, solar, and (via Calpine) gas generation, supplying around-the-clock electricity to growing data-center and AI computing load through long-term power purchase agreements.
Inclusion rationale
CEG's Q1 2026 results emphasize that its nuclear fleet and flexible generation are being contracted to meet accelerating power demand from data centers and the AI/data economy, with disclosed gigawatt-scale agreements (e.g., the CyrusOne/Calpine relationship) and PPAs with hyperscale customers. As of June 2026 it is a direct upstream electricity supplier to the data-center buildout, placing it squarely in the energy-supply stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
4%
52-week-high proximity
66%
A/D
C
RVOL
1.0x
50D dollar volume
$828.1M
DUKDuke Energy CorporationPrimaryRS 37
Role
Duke Energy is a regulated electric utility and power generator that supplies electricity to its Southeast/Midwest service territories, including large data-center customers connecting to its grid under Electric Service Agreements.
Inclusion rationale
Duke Energy's Q1 2026 SEC earnings release states it has secured a total of 7.6 GW of economic development projects under Electric Service Agreements and identifies data-center electricity usage as a primary load-growth driver, placing it squarely in the energy-supply stage as a generator/utility serving growing data-center power demand as of 2026-06. As a regulated electric utility, it directly generates and delivers the electricity that data centers consume.
Confidence
high
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
-3%
52-week-high proximity
91%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$531.9M

Sources

NEENextEra Energy, Inc.PrimaryRS 38
Role
NextEra Energy is a major US power generator and utility that develops and operates electricity generation (renewables, storage, and natural gas) to supply large-scale loads, including data centers.
Inclusion rationale
As of 2026-06, NextEra received federal approval to develop up to 10 GW of natural-gas generation in Texas and Pennsylvania explicitly designed to serve growing electricity demand from large-scale users including data centers, and the company has publicly targeted 15-30 GW of new data-center power-supply capacity by 2035. This places it squarely in the Energy Supply stage as a power generator/utility feeding growing data-center electricity demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
-3%
52-week-high proximity
85%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$989.6M
NRGNRG Energy, Inc.PrimaryRS 16
Role
NRG Energy is an independent power producer and integrated retail electricity provider that generates and sells wholesale and retail power, increasingly contracting new gas-fired generation and long-term retail power agreements to supply the growing electricity demand of data centers across the ERCOT and PJM markets.
Inclusion rationale
As of 2026-06, NRG operates a generation fleet supplying surging Texas and PJM power demand and is advancing gas-fired generation development (a ~5.4 GW project with GE Vernova/Kiewit and data-center LOIs scaling toward 6.5 GW) plus signed data-center retail power agreements, placing it squarely in the energy-supply stage feeding data-center electricity needs. The Q1 2026 earnings filing reaffirms 2026 guidance, cites strong ERCOT fleet availability, and notes leadership's emphasis on growing demand for reliable, affordable power generation.
Confidence
high
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
-15%
52-week-high proximity
59%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.5x
50D dollar volume
$377.1M
SOThe Southern CompanyPrimaryRS 36
Role
Operates regulated utility and generation assets that can support load growth.
Inclusion rationale
Southern Company frames energy innovation and investment as central to powering growth. The AI linkage is indirect through regional load growth and utility supply, so confidence is medium.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
-5%
52-week-high proximity
89%
A/D
C
RVOL
1.5x
50D dollar volume
$559.6M
VSTVistra Corp.PrimaryRS 20
Role
Independent power producer that generates and sells nuclear and natural-gas electricity, supplying carbon-free power directly to hyperscaler data centers under long-term power purchase agreements.
Inclusion rationale
Vistra owns and operates nuclear and gas generation and, as of 2026-06, has contracted that capacity to AI/data-center demand — including a 20-year PPA announced 2026-01-09 to supply Meta with 2,609 MW of carbon-free nuclear power from its Perry and Davis-Besse plants, alongside ~3,800 MW of nuclear supply to Amazon at Comanche Peak. This makes it a core electricity supplier feeding growing data-center load, the defining role of the energy-supply stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
-11%
52-week-high proximity
62%
A/D
D
RVOL
1.1x
50D dollar volume
$683.6M
NODE 17

Nuclear And SMR Generation

Weak
RS 16

Merchant nuclear and small modular reactor generation contracted for AI baseload power.

Public companies in this stage: OKLO, TLN.

Median RS
RS 16
Above 50D
0%
Near high
0%
Coverage
2/2 primary companies with RS
OKLOOklo Inc.PrimaryRS 9
Role
Oklo designs, builds, owns, and operates its Aurora fast-fission small modular reactors (15-75 MW each) to sell carbon-free baseload electricity directly to AI data center, energy, and industrial customers under long-term power purchase agreements.
Inclusion rationale
Per its FY2025 Form 10-K, Oklo's core business is deploying Aurora powerhouses under a build-own-operate model and selling baseload power to hyperscale data centers, anchored by a ~14 GW pipeline including a 12 GW Master Power Agreement with Switch, a 500 MW Equinix LOI (with $25M prepayment), and a 1.2 GW Meta-backed Ohio campus. It belongs in Nuclear & SMR Generation as a merchant SMR generator contracting capacity for AI baseload, though confidence is medium because the pipeline is largely non-binding and its first reactor (Aurora-INL) is not yet operational as of 2026-06.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
-16%
52-week-high proximity
20%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.8x
50D dollar volume
$446.2M

Sources

TLNTalen Energy Corporation Common StockPrimaryRS 22
Role
Talen Energy is an independent power producer that operates the 2.2 GW Susquehanna nuclear plant as merchant baseload and is contracting that carbon-free generation—plus planned small modular reactors—to supply Amazon's AI/cloud data centers.
Inclusion rationale
Talen signed a long-term power purchase agreement to deliver up to 1,920 MW of Susquehanna nuclear output to Amazon Web Services data centers in Pennsylvania (running through 2042), explicitly to support AI and cloud computing, and the two parties also agreed to explore building new Small Modular Reactors within Talen's footprint. This places TLN squarely in merchant-nuclear and SMR generation contracted for AI baseload as of 2026.
Confidence
high
Sector
Utilities
50D distance
-17%
52-week-high proximity
68%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$329.4M
NODE 18

Materials

Leading
RS 89

Copper, lithium, rare-earth, and industrial-materials exposure used across chips, power, and data-center construction.

Public companies in this stage: ALB, FCX, HBM, MP, SCCO, TECK.

Median RS
RS 89
Above 50D
100%
Near high
33%
Coverage
6/6 primary companies with RS
ALBAlbemarle CorporationPrimaryRS 52
Role
Provides lithium exposure tied to energy storage and electrification supply chains.
Inclusion rationale
Albemarle frames energy as part of its sustainability and transition exposure. The link to AI infrastructure is indirect through electrification and storage rather than direct data-center equipment, so confidence is medium.
Confidence
medium
Sector
Healthcare
50D distance
7%
52-week-high proximity
64%
A/D
C
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$316.0M

Sources

FCXFreeport-McMoran Inc.PrimaryRS 89
Role
Produces copper used across electrification and data-center infrastructure.
Inclusion rationale
Freeport-McMoRan's copper page provides the checked source for copper exposure. FCX is a primary upstream materials company for grid, power, and industrial buildout supporting AI infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Materials
50D distance
20%
52-week-high proximity
99%
A/D
B
RVOL
1.6x
50D dollar volume
$963.6M

Sources

HBMHudbay Minerals Inc.PrimaryRS 92
Role
Hudbay Minerals mines and produces copper (plus by-product zinc, molybdenum, gold, and silver), a core industrial metal used across semiconductors, electrification, and data-center power and construction.
Inclusion rationale
Hudbay is a copper-focused critical-minerals producer with operating mines in Peru and Canada and a US copper growth pipeline (the Copper World project in Arizona and the Mason project in Nevada), placing it squarely in the materials stage as a primary supplier of the copper that underpins chips, power infrastructure, and data-center buildout. As of mid-2025 it secured a $600M Mitsubishi joint-venture investment to advance Copper World, underscoring its active role in expanding North American copper supply through 2026.
Confidence
high
Sector
Materials
50D distance
20%
52-week-high proximity
92%
A/D
B
RVOL
1.1x
50D dollar volume
$124.4M
MPMP Materials Corp.PrimaryRS 30
Role
Produces rare-earth magnet materials used in electrification hardware.
Inclusion rationale
MP Materials markets NdFeB magnets, a rare-earth product used in motors and electrification supply chains. MP is a primary upstream rare-earth materials exposure for power and industrial infrastructure.
Confidence
high
Sector
Materials
50D distance
11%
52-week-high proximity
57%
A/D
C
RVOL
1.0x
50D dollar volume
$307.6M

Sources

SCCOSouthern Copper CorporationPrimaryRS 90
Role
Produces copper for electrification and industrial infrastructure.
Inclusion rationale
Southern Copper's 2025 Form 10-K is the checked company filing source. SCCO is a primary copper exposure for power grid and data-center construction inputs.
Confidence
high
Sector
Materials
50D distance
17%
52-week-high proximity
97%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$227.9M

Sources

TECKTeck Resources LimitedPrimaryRS 88
Role
Teck Resources is a Canadian copper and zinc mining company that produces refined copper, zinc, and other critical industrial metals from its mines and smelters across the Americas.
Inclusion rationale
Teck belongs in the Materials stage because it is a primary producer of copper and zinc — base metals essential to chip fabrication, electrical power infrastructure, and data-center construction — and as of Q1 2026 it set record quarterly copper sales (70,300 tonnes from Quebrada Blanca) while explicitly positioning its growth portfolio around critical minerals for the energy transition. Its scale as a copper producer with copper averaging US$5.83/lb in the quarter ties its output directly to the chips, power, and data-center demand defining this stage.
Confidence
high
Sector
Materials
50D distance
14%
52-week-high proximity
99%
A/D
B
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$195.8M
NODE 19

Nuclear Fuel And Uranium

Weak
RS 42

Uranium mining and enrichment feeding nuclear generation for AI power.

Public companies in this stage: CCJ, LEU.

Median RS
RS 42
Above 50D
100%
Near high
0%
Coverage
2/2 primary companies with RS
CCJCameco CorporationPrimaryRS 54
Role
Cameco mines and mills uranium and provides refining, conversion, and enrichment (via its Global Laser Enrichment interest) and fuel-services capacity that turns natural uranium into the fuel utilities use to generate nuclear power.
Inclusion rationale
Cameco is one of the world's largest uranium producers and is invested across the nuclear fuel cycle — mining/milling, refining and conversion, and enrichment through Global Laser Enrichment — supplying the fuel that utilities rely on to generate emissions-free nuclear power, which is the generation source increasingly tapped for AI data-center load as of 2026. This positions it as a primary upstream input to nuclear generation feeding AI power demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Materials
50D distance
6%
52-week-high proximity
76%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.7x
50D dollar volume
$310.4M
LEUCentrus Energy Corp.PrimaryRS 29
Role
Centrus Energy operates the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, enriching uranium into low-enriched uranium (LEU) for the existing reactor fleet and high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) for next-generation reactors, occupying the front end of the nuclear fuel cycle.
Inclusion rationale
Centrus is a U.S.-owned uranium enrichment supplier and the only company with an NRC-licensed facility producing HALEU; as of 2026-06 it is scaling commercial LEU and HALEU output backed by a January 2026 $900M DOE award and a multi-billion-dollar enrichment backlog, directly supplying the nuclear fuel that powers generation for surging AI/data-center electricity demand.
Confidence
high
Sector
Materials
50D distance
2%
52-week-high proximity
38%
A/D
D
RVOL
0.9x
50D dollar volume
$130.6M

Documented relationships

Supply-chain dependencies

  1. AI Platformsdrives compute demandCloud Platforms
  2. Cloud Platformsbuys AI systemsAI Servers And Systems
  3. AI Servers And Systemsintegrates acceleratorsAI Accelerators
  4. AI Acceleratorsneeds power deliveryPower Semiconductors
  5. AI Acceleratorsneeds memory bandwidthMemory And Storage
  6. AI Acceleratorsneeds cluster fabricNetworking And Interconnect
  7. Networking And Interconnectneeds optical linksOptical Interconnect
  8. AI Acceleratorsdesigned with EDA toolsChip-Design Software
  9. AI Acceleratorsdepends on advanced manufacturingFoundry And IP
  10. Foundry And IPneeds HBM and 2.5D packagingAdvanced Packaging
  11. Foundry And IPrequires fab equipmentSemicap Equipment
  12. Cloud Platformsneeds capacityData-Center Facilities
  13. Data-Center Facilitiesneeds cooling and power gearThermal And Cooling
  14. Thermal And Coolingconnects to gridGrid And Electrification
  15. Grid And Electrificationneeds generationEnergy Supply
  16. Energy Supplyadds baseloadNuclear And SMR Generation
  17. Nuclear And SMR Generationneeds fuelNuclear Fuel And Uranium
  18. Semicap Equipmentuses upstream materialsMaterials
  19. Grid And Electrificationuses copper and industrial materialsMaterials

Method

Research notes

Membership is curated thematic value-chain research, not a verified supplier/customer graph. Companies may participate in more than one stage or have an adjacent role.

Stage status combines median relative strength and 50-day breadth. Market evidence is dated as of the displayed close, is not real-time, and is not an investment recommendation.

How RS works