What Kingston makes for data centers
private
Kingston is a private company. It appears on 2 parts of the AI data center — Memory modules and Drives — in the role of manufacturer. Those parts sit in Layer 2 — Memory & storage.
Parts, by layer
Layer 2 — Memory & storage
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Memory modules | manufacturer | inferred | ADATA, Micron, Netlist, Penguin Solutions/SMART, SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics | |
| Drives | manufacturer | inferred | Kioxia, Micron, Phison, SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SanDisk |
Where Kingston sits in the stack
Kingston's placements in this catalog cover 2 parts, all in layer 2, memory & storage. None of them currently carries a sourced supply constraint tag. Across these parts it overlaps with other companies most often on the lines below.
What these parts are
- Memory modules — The physical DIMM (or module) that packages raw DRAM die, substrate, and management circuitry into the pluggable unit a server actually sockets.
- Drives — The physical NVMe SSD units themselves, in the dense form factors common in AI compute trays, installed directly in a server or storage node.
Closest peers in this catalog
| Company | Shared parts | Including | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micron | 2 | Memory modules, Drives | |
| Samsung Electronics | 2 | Memory modules, Drives | |
| SK Hynix | 2 | Memory modules, Drives | |
| ADATA | 1 | Memory modules | |
| Kioxia | 1 | Drives | |
| Netlist | 1 | Memory modules |
Latest feed
- Kingston retains 62% memory module share as B2B AI demand surges — DigiTimes, 2026-10-07Kingston reports maintaining a 62% market share in memory modules driven by increasing demand from the B2B AI sector.
- Kingston's NV3 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD drops to $156.99 at Newegg — 27% off brings it down to just 15.7 cents per GB — Tom's Hardware, 2026-08-31Kingston has discounted its NV3 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD by 27% on Newegg, bringing the price down to $156.99.
Questions about Kingston
- What does Kingston make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places Kingston on 2 parts: Memory modules (manufacturer) and Drives (manufacturer).
- Is Kingston publicly traded?
- No listing is on file for Kingston in this catalog; it is recorded as private.
- Who else makes memory modules for AI data centers?
- ADATA, Micron, Netlist, Penguin Solutions/SMART, SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics are also placed on Memory modules in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For Kingston the mix is 2 inferred. "disclosed" means the company or a filing says so; "reported" comes from trade press or a reference-design list; "inferred" is a lead from the taxonomy with no citation yet. Treat reported and inferred as leads, not facts.
Answers are generated from this catalog's own rows — see sources & method.