AI data center stocks
Data Centers
Real estate, servers, GPU clouds
The buildings, the server makers that assemble chips into racks, and the specialist clouds that rent GPUs by the hour. Closest to the physical build-out; most sensitive to its pace.
| Company | Ticker |
|---|---|
| Equinix Colocation and interconnection data centers (REIT). | EQIX |
| Digital Realty Data-center landlord to hyperscalers and enterprises (REIT). | DLR |
| Super Micro Computer Builds GPU servers and racks, including liquid-cooled systems. | SMCI |
| Dell Technologies AI-optimized PowerEdge servers alongside PCs and storage. | DELL |
| CoreWeave Specialist GPU cloud renting NVIDIA capacity to AI labs. | CRWV |
| Eaton Primary: Power & Cooling Electrical distribution and power-quality equipment inside data centers. | ETN |
| Vertiv Primary: Power & Cooling Power and liquid-cooling infrastructure for AI racks. | VRT |
Companies whose primary category is elsewhere but that also belong here are listed with their primary tag.
How data centers companies earn from AI
This is the layer closest to the physical build-out: the landlords (Equinix, Digital Realty) who own the buildings, the server makers (Dell, Super Micro) who assemble accelerators into racks, and the specialist GPU cloud (CoreWeave) that rents finished capacity by the hour. Money moves through it quickly. A server maker recognizes revenue when a rack ships; a landlord recognizes rent over a ten-year lease; a GPU cloud recognizes contract revenue as capacity comes online.
Exposure runs from core (CoreWeave and Super Micro do little else) through significant (Dell's AI servers are a third of revenue and doubling) to partial (the two REITs, whose AI exposure is a share of new leasing inside a much larger existing base). The numbers to read are backlog at the server makers, signed-but-not-commenced leases at the REITs, and contracted power at CoreWeave.
Editorial, written from the reported figures on each company page. Company names link to those pages: EQIX, DLR, SMCI, DELL, CRWV.
The numbers right now
Reported by the companies; each line links to the release or filing it comes from.
- Dell AI-optimized server revenue $16.4 billion, up 100%; orders $60.9 billion; backlog $95 billion; fiscal 2027 AI server outlook raised to $74 billion.Source · Q2 FY2027, quarter ended July 31, 2026
- Super Micro net sales $11.1 billion versus $5.8 billion a year earlier; more than $60 billion of new orders; fiscal 2027 guided to $65-72 billion.Source · Fiscal Q4 2026, quarter ended June 30, 2026
- CoreWeave revenue $2.575 billion, up 112%; backlog about $104 billion; active power 1.5 GW of 3.7 GW contracted.Source · Q2 2026, quarter ended June 30, 2026
- Digital Realty: $307 million of annualized rent signed in the quarter; two hyperscale leases in July added $410 million; backlog of signed-but-not-commenced leases $1.9 billion.Source · Q2 2026 and July 2026
- Equinix annualized gross bookings $424 million, up 23%; 52 expansion projects underway across 33 markets.Source · Q2 2026, quarter ended June 30, 2026
What to watch in data centers
- Backlog conversion at Dell ($95 billion) and Super Micro (record backlog): shipments depend on GPU supply, so a backlog that grows while revenue stalls means the constraint is upstream. source
- How the build is financed: CoreWeave announced $3.0 billion of convertible notes on September 17, 2026 and Dell sold $5.0 billion of senior notes on September 15. Rising debt is the cost of the backlog. source
- Margins at the assemblers: Super Micro's fiscal-year gross margin was 10.8%. Volume growth in this layer does not automatically mean profit growth. source
Quotes
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Latest 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filings in Data Centers
Source: SEC EDGAR- DLR10-QQuarterly report2026-10-30documentfolder
- DLR8-KCurrent report · items 8.01,9.012026-10-30documentfolder
- DLR8-KEarnings release · items 2.02,7.01,9.012026-10-29documentfolder
- EQIX8-KEarnings release · items 2.02,9.012026-10-28documentfolder
- EQIX10-QQuarterly report2026-10-28documentfolder
- DELL8-KCurrent report · items 5.022026-10-21documentfolder
- SMCI8-KEarnings release · items 2.02,9.012026-10-20documentfolder
- SMCI8-KCurrent report · items 5.02,9.012026-10-15documentfolder
- DLR8-KCurrent report · items 1.01,2.03,9.012026-10-09documentfolder
- SMCI8-KCurrent report · items 5.02,9.012026-10-08documentfolder
- DLR8-KCurrent report · items 7.01,8.01,9.012026-10-06documentfolder
- CRWV8-KCurrent report · items 1.01,3.02,8.01,9.012026-09-22documentfolder
- CRWV8-KCurrent report · items 7.01,8.01,9.012026-09-17documentfolder
- DELL8-KCurrent report · items 1.01,2.03,9.012026-09-15documentfolder
- DELL8-KCurrent report · items 8.01,9.012026-09-10documentfolder