30 of the 100 companies on the AI Infra 100 are based in Asia, 30% of the list, across 8 categories and 15 segments. The highest ranked is SK hynix, rank 4 of 100 with a score of 100. Ranking and scores from the November 2026 edition, the assessment by Frontier Tech Intelligence of the AI infrastructure landscape.
| Rank | Company | Category / segment | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | SK hynixSK hynix is a major memory-chip manufacturer producing HBM, DRAM and NAND flash, including HBM4 mass shipments and planned HBM4E production. It is also expanding advanced-packaging capacity for AI memory products. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / HBM & DRAM | South Korea | 100 |
| 6 | TSMCTSMC is a leading semiconductor foundry that manufactures advanced logic chips for customers including Apple, Nvidia, MediaTek and Xiaomi across leading-edge process nodes. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Foundry | Taiwan | 100 |
| 8 | Delta ElectronicsDelta supplies power and cooling for AI data centers, including server power supplies, 800 VDC in-row power racks, battery backup and liquid-cooling systems. | Power, cooling & thermal / Rack & server power delivery | Taiwan | 100 |
| 13 | Dongshan PrecisionThrough Source Photonics, Dongshan Precision develops and manufactures optical chips, CW lasers, and high-speed optical transceiver modules, including 800G and 1.6T products for AI server interconnects. | Networking & interconnect / Optical & photonic interconnect | China | 98 |
| 14 | DiscoDISCO supplies semiconductor manufacturing equipment, including grinders, laser saws and singulation systems used in wafer processing and AI chip production. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Advanced packaging | Japan | 96 |
| 22 | HuaweiHuawei develops and launches the Ascend accelerator and NPU product family, including Ascend 950, 960, and 960DT chips, and supports a domestic AI computing ecosystem. | Chips & accelerators / China accelerators | China | 96 |
| 25 | FlexFlex develops server-board power distribution for native 800-V systems, 800-V DC sidecars, and high-efficiency power shelves for AI data centers. | Power, cooling & thermal / Rack & server power delivery | Singapore | 96 |
| 26 | AdvantestAdvantest supplies semiconductor test systems and hardware, including RF, memory, HBM, multi-die and known-good-die testing, to validate chips for power, performance and reliability. | Networking & interconnect / Test, measurement & validation | Japan | 94 |
| 27 | LasertecLasertec develops and sells semiconductor inspection and metrology equipment, including systems for wafer and photomask inspection and EUV mask inspection. This directly qualifies as semiconductor metrology equipment. | Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs / Deposition, etch & metrology | Japan | 94 |
| 29 | InnolightInnolight develops and sells high-speed optical transceiver modules, including 800G and 1.6T, and silicon photonics chips for data-center and AI-cluster interconnects. | Networking & interconnect / Optical & photonic interconnect | China | 94 |
| 31 | Mitsubishi PowerMitsubishi Power builds large-frame gas turbines and gas turbine combined-cycle power plants. | Agents & tooling / Orchestration | Japan | 94 |
| 33 | Samsung ElectronicsSamsung Electronics makes chips as a foundry, including AI accelerators for Rebellions, Tenstorrent, Groq and Tesla, and produces HBM4 memory and advanced packaging. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Foundry | South Korea | 93 |
| 34 | JSRJSR supplies semiconductor lithography materials, including photoresists and metal-oxide resists through JSR and Inpria. Its planned plants for TSMC and Samsung directly support advanced semiconductor fabrication. | Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs / Lithography | Japan | 93 |
| 35 | T&S CommunicationsT&S Communications develops and mass-produces passive and active optical devices, including 1.6T optical engines and CPO components, for data-center networking. | Networking & interconnect / Optical & photonic interconnect | China | 93 |
| 37 | FoxconnFoxconn is a major electronics and server manufacturer, with AI servers accounting for more than half of Q2 2026 revenue. It is also producing AI data-center racks and assembling NVIDIA Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems. | Data center build & operate / Servers, racks & system integration | Taiwan | 92 |
| 40 | IbidenIbiden manufactures IC package substrates, including ABF-based substrates used in advanced semiconductor packaging for high-performance processors. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Advanced packaging | Japan | 91 |
| 42 | ASE Technology HoldingASE is a major semiconductor assembly and advanced-packaging provider, with FOCoS, FOCoS-Bridge, CoWoS, system-in-package and FC-BGA capabilities for AI and HPC applications. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Advanced packaging | Taiwan | 91 |
| 48 | Shin-Etsu ChemicalShin-Etsu Chemical manufactures semiconductor silicon wafers and a broad range of semiconductor chemicals and materials, including photoresists and related process materials used in chip fabrication. | Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs / Wafers, chemicals & gases | Japan | 90 |
| 55 | Huagong TechHuagong Tech sells high-speed optical interconnect modules, including CPO, LPO and silicon-photonics products, and designs silicon-photonics chips. | Networking & interconnect / Optical & photonic interconnect | China | 90 |
| 64 | Ajinomoto Fine-TechnoAjinomoto Fine-Techno supplies Ajinomoto Build-up Film (ABF), a key insulating material used in semiconductor package substrates and advanced chip packaging. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Advanced packaging | Japan | 88 |
| 65 | Quanta ComputerQuanta manufactures AI servers and, through QCT, supplies integrated GPU, CPU, inference and storage racks for AI data centers. | Data center build & operate / Servers, racks & system integration | Taiwan | 88 |
| 68 | LG ElectronicsLG Electronics supplies data-center cooling, including coolant distribution units, liquid-immersion cooling and predictive cooling controls, for hyperscale and other data centers. | Power, cooling & thermal / Cooling & thermal | South Korea | 88 |
| 70 | Tokyo ElectronTokyo Electron supplies semiconductor manufacturing equipment, including etch, deposition, cleaning, coating and inspection systems for advanced processors and memory. | Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs / Deposition, etch & metrology | Japan | 87 |
| 74 | AccelinkAccelink supplies optical communications products across transmission, access and datacom product lines. These products provide optical interconnect components and systems for telecom and data-center networking. | Networking & interconnect / Optical & photonic interconnect | China | 87 |
| 75 | LITEON TechnologyLITEON develops optical communication modules with POET Technologies for AI data centers and supplies VCSEL arrays for optical sensing and communications. | Networking & interconnect / Optical & photonic interconnect | Taiwan | 87 |
| 78 | ResonacResonac supplies semiconductor materials, including SiC wafers and SiC powder, to chipmakers such as Infineon. | Semiconductor equipment, materials & critical inputs / Wafers, chemicals & gases | Japan | 86 |
| 80 | UnimicronUnimicron supplies high-end ABF substrates used by semiconductor and accelerator manufacturers in advanced packaging. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Advanced packaging | Taiwan | 86 |
| 86 | NittoboNittobo manufactures T-glass, a high-performance glass-fiber material used in high-end ABF semiconductor package substrates. Persistent T-glass shortages can directly constrain advanced packaging supply. | Fabrication, memory & packaging / Advanced packaging | Japan | 85 |
| 87 | AlibabaAlibaba Cloud runs hyperscale cloud infrastructure with a global data-center footprint and sells AI cloud and computing services to a large customer base. | Compute demand & operators / Hyperscalers | China | 85 |
| 88 | SoftBank GroupThrough its Stargate and SB Energy initiatives, SoftBank is funding and developing large AI data center sites and a U.S. 10-gigawatt infrastructure buildout. | Data center build & operate / Hyperscale developers | Japan | 85 |
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30 of the 100 companies on the AI Infra 100 are based in Asia: SK hynix, TSMC, Delta Electronics, Dongshan Precision and Disco and 25 more. SK hynix ranks highest (rank 4 of 100, score 100). Ranking from the AI Infra 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
SK hynix ranks highest (rank 4 of 100, score 100). Next: TSMC, Delta Electronics and Dongshan Precision. Ranking from the AI Infra 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
30 of 100, 30% of the list. Ranking from the AI Infra 100, November 2026 edition, by Frontier Tech Intelligence.
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