Vertiv earnings just sent an upbeat signal about AI ahead of Big Tech results Vertiv earnings just sent an upbeat signal about AI ahead of Big Tech results The AI infrastructure company’s quarterly sales beat Wall Street expectations by the widest margin in more than five years Vertiv’s big sales beat affirms that the AI build-out is accelerating. . Shares of Vertiv Holdings soared in early trading Wednesday after the artificial-intelligence infrastructure company’s earnings verified that the artificial intelligence build-out isn’t slowing as many may fear — it’s actually accelerating. had rocketed more than sixfold from its 2025 low to its 2026 high, enough for it gain entrance in the S&P 500 . It had fallen on some hard times over the past several months, however, as AI builders started finding it harder to get financing, and as the building of data centers faced political headwinds.
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