{"id":22948,"date":"2026-07-08T21:29:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-circuit-board-makers-push-capex-towards-record-to-feed-ai-boom\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:29:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:29:42","slug":"chinas-circuit-board-makers-push-capex-towards-record-to-feed-ai-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-circuit-board-makers-push-capex-towards-record-to-feed-ai-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s circuit-board makers push capex towards record to feed AI boom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/08\/a4c1c68d-88bb-4871-a970-66baa54c0ab8_2534ba69.jpg?itok=ZRepsMcd&amp;v=1783502250\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"9.8951965065502\">China&rsquo;s printed circuit board (PCB) makers are embarking on a factory-building spree to feed demand fuelled by the global <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">artificial intelligence<\/span> boom, a rush that is expected to push their capital expenditure to a record high.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In the first half of the year, more than 20 Chinese PCB companies &ndash; including Victory Giant Technology, WUS Printed Circuit, Shennan Circuits and Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing &ndash; disclosed aggressive capacity expansion plans.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With major players committing hundreds of millions of dollars per project, the cycle marks one of the most intense growth phases the sector has seen in recent years.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Driving the surge is a pivot towards the high-end boards required for AI servers.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Victory Giant, based in Huizhou in southern China&rsquo;s Guangdong province, recorded a massive jump in its first-quarter spending, scaling up its capital expenditure to 3.6 billion yuan (US$530 million) from 730.1 million yuan a year earlier.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Rival WUS Printed Circuit, based in Kunshan in southeastern Jiangsu province, saw its first-quarter capital expenditure more than double to 1.5 billion yuan, up from 658.1 million yuan a year earlier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>China&rsquo;s circuit-board makers push capex towards record to feed AI boom<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&rsquo;s printed circuit board (PCB) makers are embarking on a factory-building spree to feed demand fuelled by the global artificial intelligence boom, a rush that is expected to push their capital expenditure to a record high. In the first half of the year, more than 20 Chinese PCB companies &ndash; including Victory Giant Technology, WUS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-circuit-board-makers-push-capex-towards-record-to-feed-ai-boom\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China\u2019s circuit-board makers push capex towards record to feed AI boom&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}