What Rio Tinto makes for data centers
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Rio Tinto is a publicly listed company. It appears on 2 parts of the AI data center — Aluminum and Miners — in the role of manufacturer. Those parts sit in Layer 10 — Materials & upstream inputs. Its shares trade on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) as RIO.
Listing
US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq): RIO· 83.42 USD -1.40% · mkt cap 135.7B USD
Snapshot 2026-10-25T10:41:17Z — nightly, not real-time.· Chart on TradingView ↗
Exposure
2 parts across 1 layer
No disclosed data-center revenue share on file.
Parts, by layer
Layer 10 — Materials & upstream inputs
| Part | Role | Confidence | Competitors | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | manufacturer | inferred | Alcoa, Century, Chalco, Constellium, Kaiser, Norsk Hydro | |
| Miners | manufacturer | inferred | Anglo American, Antofagasta, BHP, First Quantum, Freeport, Glencore |
Where Rio Tinto sits in the stack
Rio Tinto's placements in this catalog cover 2 parts, all in 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
- Miners — Mining companies that extract copper ore, the first link in the chain feeding smelting, refining and eventual use as busbars, cable, cold plates and transformer windings.
- Aluminum — Refined aluminum metal and mill products — sheet, extrusion, casting — used for heat sinks, cable conductors, and structural and enclosure parts across the data center.
Closest peers in this catalog
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 Rio Tinto
- What does Rio Tinto make for AI data centers?
- This catalog places Rio Tinto on 2 parts: Aluminum (manufacturer) and Miners (manufacturer).
- Is Rio Tinto publicly traded?
- Yes — Rio Tinto is listed on US exchanges (NYSE/Nasdaq) under RIO. Prices shown on this page are a nightly snapshot, not real-time, and nothing here is investment advice.
- Who else makes aluminum for AI data centers?
- Alcoa, Century, Chalco, Constellium, Kaiser and Norsk Hydro are also placed on Aluminum in this catalog.
- How well sourced are these placements?
- Every part→company placement carries a confidence tag. For Rio Tinto 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.