The firm that wires AI data centres is chasing Hong Kong’s biggest IPO since Alibaba.
One of the quiet winners of the AI boom is about to test the public markets. Zhongji Innolight, a Chinese maker of high-speed optical transceivers, has started gauging demand for a Hong Kong listing worth as much as $8bn.
The Shenzhen-listed company won approval for the deal on Friday, Bloomberg reported. It began meeting analysts and investors on Monday and could start taking orders as soon as this week. The size and timing may still change.
Why it matters
Optical transceivers are the unglamorous plumbing of the AI build-out. They convert data into light and back again, moving it between the chips and servers packed inside a data centre. As AI systems grow, so does the need for them.
Innolight is one of the biggest suppliers in the world. Its InnoLight subsidiary calls itself a leader in data-centre optics, and shipped some of the industry’s first 800G modules back...
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