AI themes for 2025-2030:
• Power is the core bottleneck
• Cooling shifts as GPU TDP and rack power climb
• PCB shortages for GPUs & ASICs
• Storage & memory spike from inference and video/image generation
• Optics ramp as DCs move from 100 MW to 1 GW (Optics is the next memory!)
Linear drives are commodities, but this graphic has lots of hidden plays.
I would recommend finding the top suppliers for each component mentioned here. Worth noting that some of them are still private companies. NFA.
$COHR $CIEN $LITE $VIAV $ANET $CSCO $AAOI $KEYS
+ Innolight (Zhongji Innolight Co Ltd) 300308
+ Accelink (Accelink Technologies Co Ltd): 002281
+ Sumitomo (Sumitomo Corp): 8053