What Murata makes for data centers
public · HQ Japan · murata.com
Murata is a publicly listed company and based in Japan. It appears on 2 parts of the AI data center — Passives and Power shelves & PSUs — in the role of manufacturer. Those parts sit in Layer 4 — Servers, racks & integration. Its shares trade on Tokyo Stock Exchange as 6981.T.
Parts, by layer
Layer 4 — Servers, racks & integration
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passivestight | manufacturer | disclosed | Chilisin, Fenghua, Kyocera (AVX), Panasonic, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Sunlord | |
| Power shelves & PSUs | manufacturer | inferred | AcBel, Advanced Energy/Artesyn, Bel Fuse, Chicony Power, Cosel, Delta Electronics |
Where Murata sits in the stack
Murata's placements in this catalog cover 2 parts, all in layer 4, servers, racks & integration. 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
- Passivestight — The multilayer ceramic capacitors, inductors and other passive components that filter and stabilize power everywhere on a board, populated in far greater numbers on AI boards than on standard servers.
- Power shelves & PSUs — The rack-mounted power shelves that convert facility AC or DC input into the regulated rail distributed to trays across the rack, built to the Open Rack V3 33 kW-class spec used in rack-scale AI systems.
Closest peers in this catalog
Seen in real machines
Murata is named in 1 of the rack teardowns and supercomputer breakdowns on this site. Each line below is a piece of that machine.
- Nvidia GB300 NVL72 · rack teardown
- MLCCs and inductors
Latest feed
- Weekly news roundup: Tata's Dholera fab faces test; how Intel's CEO helped reshape its comeback — DigiTimes, 2026-10-19Intel's CEO provided assistance to Tata's Dholera fab, indicating potential support for its comeback.
- Nvidia Rubin architecture drives high-end MLCC demand, solidifying Murata, SEMCO leadership — DigiTimes, 2026-09-21Increased power consumption and density in AI deployments are driving the necessity for high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs).
- Murata targets mass production of its AI power substrate next year — DigiTimes, 2026-09-12Murata plans to transition into the substrate layer by initiating mass production of its AI power substrate, iPaS, next year.
Questions about Murata
- What does Murata make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places Murata on 2 parts: Passives (manufacturer) and Power shelves & PSUs (manufacturer).
- Is Murata publicly traded?
- Yes — Murata is listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange under 6981.T. Prices shown on this page are a nightly snapshot, not real-time, and nothing here is investment advice.
- Where is Murata based?
- Japan, per the company record in this catalog.
- Who else makes passives for AI data centers?
- Chilisin, Fenghua, Kyocera (AVX), Panasonic, Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Sunlord are also placed on Passives in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For Murata the mix is 1 disclosed and 1 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.