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AI Landlords

AI agents run in the cloud, and the companies that own the data centers and the networking inside them take the margin.

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Holdings

  1. Microsoft MSFT · Direct beneficiary 18%

    Rents AI compute through Azure and sells AI features across Office and GitHub.

  2. Amazon.com AMZN · Direct beneficiary 17%

    The largest cloud provider, with its own AI chips to lower costs.

  3. Alphabet GOOGL · Direct beneficiary 16%

    Google Cloud plus its own TPU chips give it one of the cheapest ways to run models.

  4. Broadcom AVGO · Picks & shovels 14%

    Designs custom AI chips for the hyperscalers and sells data center networking chips.

  5. Oracle ORCL · Direct beneficiary 12%

    Signing very large AI compute contracts and building data centers to serve them.

  6. Arista Networks, Inc. ANET · Picks & shovels 12%

    High-speed switches that connect AI clusters.

  7. Vertiv Holdings Co VRT · Picks & shovels 11%

    Power and liquid cooling systems needed for dense AI racks.

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