Taiwan’s Delta Electronics warns costs rising as AI data centre demand surges

By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, April 30 (Reuters) – Delta Electronics, a major provider of power supply and โ€Œcooling solutions for AI datacentres, warned that it โ€Œexpects costs to rise in the coming quarters, with oil prices โ€‹rising and ongoing material shortages. โ€ข It added that there were also signs of inflation driven by AI demand.…


Taiwan’s Delta Electronics warns costs rising as AI data centre demand surges

By Wen-Yee Lee

TAIPEI, April 30 (Reuters) – Delta Electronics, a major provider of power supply and โ€Œcooling solutions for AI datacentres, warned that it โ€Œexpects costs to rise in the coming quarters, with oil prices โ€‹rising and ongoing material shortages.

โ€ข It added that there were also signs of inflation driven by AI demand.

โ€ข The company said its capacity remained tight and โ€Œit was expanding in โ China, Thailand, the United States and Taiwan.

โ€ข It said in February its capital expenditure โ totalled T$46.1 billion ($1.46 billion) in 2025 and it reiterated on Thursday it would be higher this year.

โ€ข โ€‹Delta Electronics’ โ€‹customers include Nvidia and โ€‹major cloud service providers โ€Œsuch as Google and Meta Platforms.

โ€ข Delta Electronics is the second most valuable company on the Taiwan stock exchange, with a market capitalisation of $178.46 billion, after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd.

โ€ข It reported first-quarter revenue โ€Œof T$159.35 billion ($5.02 billion), up โ€‹34% from a year earlier, โ€‹driven by AI data โ€‹centre build-out. Its gross profit was up 56% โ€Œyear-over-year at T$59 billion ($1.86 billion).

โ€ข โ€‹Delta Electronics shares โ€‹have risen 124.82% so far this year, far outperforming a 34.4% rise in the broader market. โ€‹The company’s โ€Œshares closed flat on Thursday ahead of its โ€‹earnings release.

($1 = 31.7170 Taiwan dollars)

(Reporting by Wen-Yee โ€‹Lee. Editing by Mark Potter)

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