人工智能热潮使欧洲四大传统工业集团市值增加1500亿欧元

Core Insights - The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving a surge in demand for data centers, leading to a significant increase in market capitalization for four major European industrial groups: ABB, Legrand, Schneider, and Siemens, which collectively gained over €150 billion in value, with Siemens experiencing a growth of over 60% [1] Group 1: Company Developments - Schneider is a leading power supplier in the data center sector, currently valued at €127.9 billion, and anticipates that data center orders will account for approximately 24% of its total orders by 2024 [2] - Legrand has shifted its business focus towards data centers, expecting data center orders to represent 20% of its sales by 2024, which is double the figure from 2019 [2] - ABB has transitioned its sales focus towards data centers, projecting that data center orders will constitute 15% of its electrification division's $16.4 billion orders by 2024, with electrification accounting for nearly half of ABB's $33 billion annual revenue [2] Group 2: Industry Trends - The demand for data processing is identified as a long-term trend, with Dell'Oro analysts forecasting that total capital expenditures for data centers will rise from nearly $600 billion in 2025 to over $1 trillion by 2028 [1] - The annual growth rate of data center orders for ABB from 2019 to 2023 was 24%, with an acceleration in growth over the past year due to the intensifying AI competition [2]