Capital DailyCapital Daily
Markets · Investing · Business
Capital DailyCapital Daily
Finance

1 AI Stock Poised to Outperform Micron and Sandisk on the Next Infrastructure Surge

TSMC is the ultimate pick-and-shovel AI stock that investors can buy to capitalize on the AI infrastructure boom.

1 AI Stock Poised to Outperform Micron and Sandisk on the Next Infrastructure Surge

Published September 17, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure spending isn't slowing down, and that's not surprising, as major hyperscalers and AI companies need to fulfill massive contractual backlogs.

Oracle, for instance, recently reported a contractual backlog of a whopping $664 billion. Meanwhile, Alphabet notes that its Google Cloud backlog hit a whopping $514 billion in the second quarter. These massive numbers explain why market research firm Dell'Oro Group projects AI infrastructure spending to exceed $3 trillion by 2030. For comparison, Goldman Sachs expects over $1 trillion in AI investments this year.

Details

Dell'Oro Group's latest estimate is almost double the forecast it issued in January this year. This is great news for Micron Technology and Sandisk, two companies that have benefited significantly from heavy AI data center spending. Micron and Sandisk manufacture compute and storage memory that's solving a critical bottleneck in AI data centers by quickly transporting huge data sets to accelerator chips.

Continue reading

Source

Originally published at www.fool.com.

Related Articles

CD
Capital Daily Newsroom

Capital Daily covers markets, crypto and commodities for Asia & the Middle East — tier-1 desk research, AI-driven analysis, institutional-grade data. Tip our newsroom: [email protected]

Email the newsroom →
Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. Data may be delayed up to 15 minutes. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Consult a licensed financial advisor before making investment decisions.