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Astera Labsvs.Equinix

ALAB vs EQIX · both in Data centers, part of the AI & digital infrastructure value chain: Servers, networking, optics and data center capacity that tie AI infrastructure together.

Equinix is about 1.5× larger than Astera Labs by market cap; Equinix trades at the lower P/E (72.7 vs 264.5); year to date, Astera Labs leads (+148.2% vs +37.2%).

Side by side

ALABEQIX
Market cap$70.8B$103B
Price$412.97$1,051.21
Today−1.1%+1.6%
Return YTD+148.2%+37.2%
Return 1Y+325.7%+38.5%
P/E264.572.7
P/S70.711.0
P/B47.47.2

Data as of 2026-07-11 · updates daily after U.S. close

The two companies

Astera LabsALAB

NASDAQ · USA

Supplies connectivity chips (PCIe/CXL retimers, optical modules) that resolve signal integrity issues between GPUs, CPUs and memory in AI servers.

ConnectivityAI hardware
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EquinixEQIX

NASDAQ · USA

The world's largest provider of neutral data centers (colocation) — leases space, power and interconnection to cloud providers, enterprises and AI operators.

Data center REITCritical infrastructure
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