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Capital Thinking: The ‘Picks and Shovels’ in Today’s Data Center Gold Rush
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It may be too soon to pick long-term winners in the current AI gold rush, but an immense opportunity lies with modern-day ‘pick and shovel’ companies—design firms, contractors and others responsible for creating and powering the vast data centers that underpin the technology—a steady and often overlooked sector now heavily relied on.
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