Bualuang keeps Buy on DELTA with 440 baht target, sees long-term AI demand staying strong

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Bualuang Securities said OpenAI's launch of GPT-6 Astra helps confirm the assumption of power demand for AI, and it is maintaining its estimates for new rack-level power installations at roughly 15GW in 2026, 20GW in 2027 and 25GW in 2028. This follows NVIDIA's indication that it will add around 400,000 more GPUs, which, compared with a GB200 NVL72 system, equals about 5,600 racks, or a power load of roughly 0.7GW, representing only 3-4% of the 20GW assumption for 2027, so there is still no need to revise estimates upward. The key point from Astra is the increase in the number of tasks AI can actually be applied to. Although Astra's API price is about 2.5 times higher than GPT-5.6 Sol, the cost per completed task fell in some tests, with DeepSWE about 57% lower and Terminal-Bench Science about 27% lower. As for Delta Taiwan's August sales, they came in at NT$64.6 billion, up 35% year on year but down 4% month on month, while the Power Electronics business, which is most relevant to Thailand's DELTA, fell 9% month on month to NT$34.9 billion even though it was still up 40% year on year, reflecting that the supply shortage pressuring the second quarter of 2026 may not yet be fully resolved. The research team is maintaining its core profit estimates for DELTA at 38.5 billion baht in 2026, up 56.6% year on year, 56.9 billion baht in 2027, up 47.7%, and 68.9 billion baht in 2028, up 21.0%, while keeping its Buy recommendation and a 2027 target price of 440 baht.

Impact on stocks 3

Energy Transition & Power Demand · 2 stocks
Delta Electronics Inc
2308
± MixedSupplyrelevance

Delta Taiwan's August sales and Power Electronics figures are cited as context for Thailand's DELTA, not a direct driver.

Artificial Intelligence · 1 stocks
NVIDIA Corporation
NVDA
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

NVIDIA's plan to add ~400,000 more GPUs supports AI power-demand assumptions underpinning DELTA's outlook.

Theme Impact 4

Off-coverage companies 1

OpenAIPrivate▲ Positive
Technologyrelevance

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra launch confirms AI power demand and expands the tasks AI can be applied to.

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