Manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密) and industrial motor maker Teco Electric and Machinery Co (東元電機) yesterday announced that they would be forming a strategic partnership through a share exchange to tap into the global artificial intelligence (AI) data center market.
Under the deal, Hon Hai would issue 72.48 million new shares and Teco would issue 237.64 million new shares, with the share swap ratio set at one Teco share per 0.305 Hon Hai shares, the companies told a news conference at the Taiwan Stock Exchange in Taipei.
The swap ratio was mutually agreed upon with reference to their respective market prices and the net asset value per share as of March 31, the firms said.
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After the transaction, Hon Hai would hold a 10 percent stake in Teco and Teco would have a 0.519 percent stake in Hon Hai, they said.
Hon Hai and Teco expect to complete the share exchange in the fourth quarter, conditional on regulatory approvals, the companies said.
Shares of the two companies were suspended from trading yesterday after closing at NT$171.5 for Hon Hai and NT$46.4 for Teco on Tuesday. They are to resume trading today.
Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團), said that the two companies would jointly explore AI data center business opportunities as the global trend points toward standardization and modularization.
“Time-to-market is key in the global super-computing race, while modular design is gaining popularity,” Hon Hai chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉) said in a joint statement.
“As AI data centers grow in size and demand ramps up, teaming up with Teco would enable both companies to level up and rapidly deliver comprehensive, vertically integrated solutions to our customers — tier-1 cloud service providers and hyperscalers,” Liu said.
Hon Hai, which manufactures vertical integrated AI server components and racks, aims to extend the value chain to data center construction through the partnership with Teco, the New Taipei City-based company said.
Global customers would benefit from their comprehensive data center modular products, electromechanical engineering services, and cost-competitive, one-stop solutions, it said.
Teco also expects the partnership to help expand the two companies’ global presence in AI data centers and related businesses, with target markets covering Taiwan and the rest of Asia, as well as the Middle East and the US.
“The strategic partnership extends the two companies’ cooperation in the fields of low-carbon smart factories and energy services, toward being a one-stop solution for data centers going forward.” Teco chairman Morris Li (利明献) said in the statement.
With its Teco-Westinghouse Motor Co unit in Texas, the company provides US manufacturing and local services, Li said.
This, together with Hon Hai’s manufacturing base in the US, is in line with the companies’ strategic direction to expand manufacturing in the US and reshape the global supply chain, he added.
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