AI The server supply chain extends to PCB and key materials; Amazon takes a stake in Gold Circuit Electronics

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The report indicates that AI servers are driving demand for PCB and key materials, and that Amazon took an approximately stake in Gold Circuit Electronics.

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AI Servers are even competing for circuit boards: HP and Dell concerned 2027 annual supply, Amazon directly takes a stake in a board manufacturer

Dongcha Beating AI newsflash,AI The shortage list in the GPU, extending from memory to circuit boards. When planning their 2027 annual supply chains, HP and Dell found that even previously inconspicuous PCB(printed circuit boards) could face shortages.

This year,September, Amazon invested approximately 1590000000 New Taiwan dollars to take a stake in Taiwanese PCB manufacturer Gold Circuit Electronics, becoming a shareholder instead of just a customer.AI servers require circuit boards with more layers and lower signal loss, while chip-package substrates are also becoming larger, driving a surge in demand for key materials such as specialty fiberglass cloth and copper-clad laminates. Suppliers are prioritizing higher-margin AI orders, squeezing ordinary servers as well. The lead times for some ordinary servers PCB are approaching 1 years.

However, key-material capacity will be difficult to bring into line with demand in the short term. TrendForce estimates that Japan's Nitto Boseki controls approximately 90%of the global T-glass specialty fiberglass cloth market, and new capacity will not begin production until mid-2027 at the earliest. Gold Circuit Electronics Chairman October 20 of Taiwan's major substrate manufacturer Unimicron Technology warned that in 2027 some key materials could be short by approximately 20%, while lead times for some chip-substrate production equipment are as long as 30 months.

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HP and Dell, when planning their 2027 annual supply chains, found that PCB could face shortages.
This year Amazon September invested approximately 1590000000 New Taiwan dollars to take a stake in Taiwanese PCB manufacturer Gold Circuit Electronics.
AI Servers require circuit boards with more layers and lower signal loss.
Some ordinary servers PCB have lead times approaching 1 years.
TrendForce estimates that Japan's Nitto Boseki controls approximately 90%of the global T-glass specialty fiberglass cloth market, and new capacity will begin production in mid-2027 at the earliest.
Unimicron Technology Chairman October 20 warned that 2027 some key materials could be short by approximately 20%, while lead times for some chip-substrate production equipment are as long as 30 months.

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PCB are circuit interconnection boards in servers. The report says that AI servers have increased demand for high-layer-count, low-loss PCB and specialty materials, and suppliers are prioritizing higher-margin AI orders, resulting in longer lead times for ordinary servers.

Why it matters to readers

If the report is accurate,PCB and key materials could become AI supply constraints on server capacity expansion, and deliveries of ordinary servers could also be affected.

This indicates that bottlenecks in the AI industry are not limited to GPU and may also arise in supply links involving circuit boards, fiberglass cloth, copper-clad laminates, and chip substrates.

Risks and unknowns

The source is a professional information channel's retelling; the original article provides no original announcements or corporate confirmation from HP, Dell, Amazon, or Gold Circuit Electronics.
The original article does not specify whether Amazon's stake includes a stable supply arrangement.
Whether the shortages, lead times, and 2027-year shortage forecast reported in the article will actually occur remains subject to validation by subsequent data.

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