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AI Data Center Startup Phononic Discusses Multi-Billion Dollar Valuation in Possible Sale
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The unrelenting demand for AI data centers is spilling over into lesser-known companies that supply components for essential tasks such as cooling chip servers.
Key facts
- It has discussed a valuation of at least $1.5 billion and some potential buyers have expressed interest at more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the discussion
- Phononic, a 17-year-old company whose semiconductor components prevent overheating in AI data centers, is hoping to cash in on that demand
- The unrelenting demand for AI data centers is spilling over into lesser-known companies that supply components for essential tasks such as cooling chip servers
- That price would more than double its valuation from its last private financing, adding to a string of high-priced acquisitions for industrial companies tied to the AI boom
Summary
It has discussed a valuation of at least $1.5 billion and some potential buyers have expressed interest at more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the discussion. That price would more than double its valuation from its last private financing, adding to a string of high-priced acquisitions for industrial companies tied to the AI boom.