What Prysmian makes for data centers
public · HQ Milan, Italy · prysmian.com · also known as: Encore Wire
Prysmian's Digital Solutions division supplies optical fiber and optical cable to data centers, and the group makes low-voltage building wire through Encore Wire (acquired 2024) plus medium-voltage cable for data-center power distribution, with new US medium-voltage capacity under construction at the Encore campus in Texas.
Parts, by layer
Layer 3 — Networking & interconnect
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiber, connectors, structured cabling | manufacturer | disclosed | Belden, Corning, Fujikura (AFL), Furukawa, Hengtong, Nexans |
Layer 7 — Electrical: power distribution (grid to rack)
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LV cable, wire, tray, raceway | manufacturer | disclosed | Belden, Furukawa, Hengtong, Nexans, Sumitomo Electric, Cerro/Marmon |
Layer 8 — Power generation & energy supply
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HVDC | manufacturer | inferred | Furukawa, GE Vernova, Mitsubishi Electric, NKT, Nexans, Siemens Energy | |
| Advanced conductors | manufacturer | inferred | Nexans, CTC Global, Southwire, TS Conductor |
Layer 10 — Materials & upstream inputs
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refining and products | manufacturer | inferred | Aurubis, Hindalco, Jiangxi Copper, Mitsubishi Materials, Mueller Industries, Nexans |
Where Prysmian sits in the stack
Prysmian's placements in this catalog cover 5 parts, from layer 3 (networking & interconnect) to layer 10 (materials & upstream inputs). 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
- Refining and products — Smelters, refiners and product manufacturers that turn mined copper into wire, cable, sheet, strip and machined parts used across the data center.
- Fiber, connectors, structured cabling — The fiber optic cable, connectors, and structured cabling that carry optical signals between transceivers across a data hall or campus.
- LV cable, wire, tray, raceway — Low-voltage power cable and wire, and the tray and raceway systems that route and support it between switchgear, PDUs, and racks.
- HVDC — Manufacturers of high-voltage direct current converter stations and cable used to move bulk power over long distances or between asynchronous grids.
- Advanced conductors — Manufacturers of high-capacity conductor materials that carry more current than conventional transmission cable on the same structures.
Closest peers in this catalog
Seen in real machines
Prysmian 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
- Rack PDU and power whips
From the blog
Latest feed
- Prysmian, Rio Tinto to supply Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum — Data Center Dynamics, 2026-09-21Prysmian and Rio Tinto will supply low-carbon aluminum cabling for Amazon's data center in Ohio.
Questions about Prysmian
- What does Prysmian make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places Prysmian on 5 parts: Fiber, connectors, structured cabling (manufacturer), LV cable, wire, tray, raceway (manufacturer), HVDC (manufacturer), Advanced conductors (manufacturer) and Refining and products (manufacturer).
- Is Prysmian publicly traded?
- Yes — Prysmian is listed on Borsa Italiana (Milan) under PRY.MI. Prices shown on this page are a nightly snapshot, not real-time, and nothing here is investment advice.
- Where is Prysmian based?
- Milan, Italy, per the company record in this catalog.
- Who else makes fiber, connectors, structured cabling for AI data centers?
- Belden, Corning, Fujikura (AFL), Furukawa, Hengtong and Nexans are also placed on Fiber, connectors, structured cabling in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For Prysmian the mix is 2 disclosed and 3 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.
Verification: enriched, last verified 2026-08-27. Sources: www.prysmian.com · www.encorewire.com.· Markdown · JSON