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Super Micro Shares Surge 15% on Higher Margins, SpaceX Order

7/22/2026

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Super Micro Computer’s shares jumped 15% on Tuesday after announcing higher margins and a SpaceX order.
It lifted its June-quarter gross-margin outlook to 15%-17% from the prior 8.2%-8.4% range.
CEO Charles Liang said the firm will co-build a gigawatt AI datacenter for SpaceX and XAI within a year.
Industry data project AI-optimized server spending to reach $150 billion annually by 2027, up from $30 billion in 2023.

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NVIDIA introduced CUDA in the early 2000s, converting its Tesla GPUs into AI accelerators; the May 2020 launch of the Ampere A100 reinforced its lead, giving the company roughly 80% of the AI-GPU market. Building on that momentum, Super Micro’s recent AI-datacenter contract mirrors NVIDIA’s earlier catalyst that sparked rapid hardware demand.

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Story summary

Super Micro Computer’s shares jumped 15% on Tuesday after announcing higher margins and a SpaceX order.
It lifted its June-quarter gross-margin outlook to 15%-17% from the prior 8.2%-8.4% range.
CEO Charles Liang said the firm will co-build a gigawatt AI datacenter for SpaceX and XAI within a year.
Industry data project AI-optimized server spending to reach $150 billion annually by 2027, up from $30 billion in 2023.

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