Foxconn revenue hits $27b in Nov, driven by AI server growth

Foxconn saw its revenue rise 26% year-on-year in November 2025 to NT$844.3 billion (US$27 billion), driven by demand for AI server racks.

The company cited momentum in its cloud and networking products as the main driver, though revenue was down 6% from the previous month due to a slight drop in its smart consumer electronics segment.

The Taiwanese firm, also known as Hon Hai, is the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer.

Foxconn recently announced it would support infrastructure for a major AI factory in Taiwan with Nvidia and the government, and OpenAI said it would work with Foxconn on next-generation AI hardware in the US.

Its share price has climbed 26% since January 2025.

🔗 Source: CNBC

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Foxconn AI server margins still unclear as revenue climbs

Cloud and networking were 42% of Q3 revenue, up from 32% a year earlier 1, while it withheld segment profit plus AI server customer concentration (how much sales rely on a small number of buyers).
Overall gross margin rose to 6.35% in Q3 2025 2. Whether AI server racks (rack-mounted systems built to train and run AI models) earn higher or lower margins than legacy gear is unclear after 300% quarter-over-quarter shipment growth 1.
Foxconn cited projections that the top five U.S. cloud service providers may invest US$600 billion in capital expenditures (capex) in 2026 3, while giving no view on backlog, contract length, or visibility past the current quarter.
November revenue jumped 26%, then fell 6% from October, which the company tied to soft smart consumer electronics demand.

Liquid cooling retrofits open room for specialists through 2026

AI server thermal design power (how much heat a chip must dissipate) is rising from 700 W for Nvidia’s H100 to over 1,000 W for the next-generation B200/B300 4, pushing operators to liquid cooling where air cannot manage the heat.
Liquid cooling could reach 47% of AI servers by 2026 4, which requires cold-plate systems (metal plates that transfer heat into liquid coolant), Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), plus specialized coolant infrastructure that most air-cooled sites lack and must retrofit (upgrade in place).
The data center liquid cooling market could rise from $5.1 billion in 2025 to $12.79 billion by 2029 at a 25.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 5, boosting demand for thermal interface materials, corrosion-resistant tubing, and retrofitting services.
Cooling system manufacturers plus integrators (firms that assemble plus deploy multi-vendor systems) face faster procurement cycles through 2026 as Foxconn rack shipments surge and hyperscale data center (very large cloud-provider facilities) growth supports rack densities up to 200 kW 5. Rack density refers to the amount of power and heat per rack.