Stefan Uleia
Europe’s Industrial Reset⚡🤖 After a year dominated by tariffs and uncertainty, Europe’s industrial sector is quietly setting up for a strong 2026 rebound. Bloomberg Intelligence points to ~13% EPS growth in 2026 vs ~6–7% in 2025, and what I like here is that the drivers are structural, not “one-quarter macro noise”. AI sentiment is improving again, liquidity is turning supportive, and hard assets are confirming the story (copper at record highs). Data centers don’t just need chips, they need power distribution, cooling, switchgear, transformers, cabling and grid reinforcement. $SU.PA (Schneider Electric SE) I see the opportunity in mission-critical power management. As AI infrastructure scales, uptime and efficiency become non-negotiable. That’s where pricing power and recurring demand tend to hold up, especially as electricity becomes the real bottleneck. $ENR.DE (Siemens Energy AG) What stands out is visibility. A large backlog means a meaningful share of 2026 revenues is already covered. If execution stays solid, operating leverage can kick in as volumes flow through a capital-intensive cycle. $PRY.MI (Prysmian Group) The “picks & shovels” angle. Grid upgrades, interconnections and AI-driven load growth keep high-voltage and specialty cable demand structurally supported. Copper strength is a real-economy confirmation, not speculation. Extra insight from the AI data-center boom Ownership is fragmenting. Big Tech is increasingly leasing, while private developers, infrastructure funds and new entrants build and carry the debt. Some projects will fail, but equipment demand doesn’t disappear. Even delays still lock in grid upgrades and power investments. This isn’t a hype trade. It’s a capex + electrification cycle, with AI acting as the accelerator and liquidity helping projects move. I’m less focused on who owns the data centers and more on who equips the AI economy and that’s where Europe’s industrial leaders look well positioned into 2026.📈
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