3 AI Infrastructure Stocks Retail Investors Are Watching After Anthropic IPO Filing

Anthropic’s IPO filing has thrown a spotlight on just how hungry the market is for AI infrastructure, with revenue jumping from about US$4.6b in 2025 to US$16.3b in the first half of 2026 and compute costs surging alongside. That kind of intensity can reshape expectations for cloud providers, chipmakers, and data center operators. This article walks through three stocks that appear especially exposed to this news and why that matters for your portfolio thinking.

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ASM International (ENXTAM:ASM)

Overview: ASM International supplies advanced wafer processing equipment that chipmakers use to manufacture leading edge semiconductors for AI oriented data centers and cloud infrastructure.

Operations: ASM International generates about €3.4b from semiconductor equipment and services, with roughly €2.7b from Asia, €492 million from the United States, and €184 million from Europe.

Market Cap: €34.7b

ASM International operates at the intersection of rising AI compute demand and the physical limits of chip manufacturing, and its tools are central to how far cloud providers and hyperscalers can push new architectures.

"The ramp up of advanced logic nodes such as 2nm and 1.4nm for AI and high performance computing workloads continues to raise ALD and epitaxy layer counts."

What happens to ASM International’s earnings profile if that extra processing complexity steadily nudges a richer mix of recurring, higher margin business?

That richer mix is exactly what the full narrative for ASM International unpacks, showing how complexity, capital intensity, and competitive pressure could be quietly reshaping ASM International’s AI leverage.

Zhongji Innolight (SZSE:300308)

Overview: Zhongji Innolight supplies high speed optical transceivers that connect cloud and AI data centers, moving traffic between servers, accelerators, and networks.

Market Cap: CN¥696.5b

Zhongji Innolight fits directly into the AI infrastructure theme through its optical links for cloud and hyperscale data centers, and recent H1 2026 results showed gains in sales, earnings, and dividends. For investors, the key variable is how much pricing power and profitability it can maintain if pressure on high speed module economics shifts.

That pricing power question is exactly what the 4 key rewards and 2 important warning signs (2 are major!) unpacks, showing where Zhongji Innolight’s AI upside could diverge from its module economics.

Yangtze Optical Fibre And Cable Limited (SEHK:6869)

Overview: Yangtze Optical Fibre And Cable Limited manufactures optical fiber and cable products that connect telecom networks, cloud data centers, and high bandwidth AI services.

Operations: Yangtze Optical Fibre And Cable Limited reports around CN¥10.1b of revenue from Mainland China and CN¥7.5b from overseas markets, reflecting broad demand.

Market Cap: HK$183.3b

Yangtze Optical Fibre And Cable Limited is directly involved in AI infrastructure because its fiber and cabling gear carry traffic between data centers running GPU heavy workloads. Recent revenue of about CN¥9.8b and net income near CN¥2.9b in 1H 2026 indicate current demand for its products and services, and pricing power will depend in part on how competitive and cost pressures in the industry evolve.

Those industry pressures make it worth scrutinizing the 3 key rewards and 1 important major warning sign to see how Yangtze Optical Fibre And Cable Limited’s AI demand could decouple from future profitability potential.

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