United States · Business news · AI & Tech · 05 Oct 2026
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Foxconn, the Taiwanese contract manufacturer that assembles AI servers as well as consumer electronics, reported third-quarter revenue of T$3.03 trillion (about $95.4 billion), up 47% from a year earlier and above the LSEG SmartEstimate of T$2.83 trillion. September revenue alone was T$1.16 trillion, up 38.42% on the year. The company attributed the growth mainly to demand for AI products and said it sees continued strength through the year-end peak season for electronics. It gave no profit figures; full results come later.
The finance angle: Foxconn's monthly sales are an early, hard number on what cloud companies are actually paying for AI hardware, weeks before the chip designers report. Revenue of T$3.03 trillion in a quarter, T$200 billion above the consensus figure, says orders for AI server racks were still being delivered at pace through September. That revenue is spending by the large cloud operators and income for the server supply chain, including the makers of AI processors such as Nvidia, whose chips fill those racks. It is a sales figure only, and says nothing yet about margins on that work.
Reported by GuruFocus — “Foxconn (FXCOF) Reports 47% Q3 Revenue Surge Driven by AI Demand” ↗ on 05 Oct 2026.
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