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The AI gold rush is lifting India’s ‘picks and shovels’ companies

Malaysia Times desk Original: Malay Mail↗ 7/31 21:00 X
The AI gold rush is lifting India’s ‘picks and shovels’ companies
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MUMBAI, July 31 — At a bustling factory in western India, technicians work around the clock to turn glass into hair-thin fibre-optic strands destined for data centres powering...

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Indian manufacturers are cashing in on the AI infrastructure buildout by supplying cables, power systems and cooling equipment — even as investors worry the country is falling behind in the race to develop the technology.

Analysts at Nomura describe it as a classic “picks and shovels” trade, a riff on how selling tools during a gold rush can earn people more than searching for the precious metal.

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Malay Mail
Originally published
Jul 31, 2026
Updated here
Sep 26, 2026
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