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AI server demand is changing Foxconn’s revenue base

• Foxconn, also known as Hon Hai Precision Industry, has long been tied to iPhone assembly, yet AI server demand is pushing the company in a different direction 1.
• During the fourth quarter of 2025, cloud and networking products brought in more revenue than smartphones for the first time. That segment made up 42% of quarterly revenue 2.
• Calling Foxconn an assembler misses part of the picture. The company also works with Nvidia on an 800-volt direct current power architecture for AI data center facilities 3.
• That push includes a plan to make the U.S. its largest AI server hub, backed by a US$295 million injection into Foxconn Assembly LLC in Houston, Texas, to expand AI server production capacity 4.

AI sales growth can still squeeze margins

• Rising AI server sales are lifting revenue, though stronger sales do not always lead to matching profit growth for hardware manufacturers such as Foxconn 5.
• Margins can tighten because graphics processing units and memory chips cost a lot. Higher taxes on repatriated earnings also hurt a recent quarter 6.
• Income from AI servers is helping fund moves into nearby businesses with higher value, including modular data centers and industrial robotics 7.
• Foxconn is building its own tools as well, including an AI-powered industrial humanoid robot for factories and FoxBrain, its traditional Chinese large language model used in smart electric vehicle features 7.