Foxconn chairman forecasts double-digit growth next year

The signal here is less about Foxconn's own top line than about what its order book implies for two demand streams: consumer devices and AI server hardware. A double-digit growth call from the chairman, without figures attached, is a directional statement rather than a hard guide, so its value lies in the confidence it conveys about AI server demand holding up alongside the iPhone assembly base. For suppliers and customers tied to that hardware chain, the open question is whether the growth is broad-based or concentrated in AI infrastructure, and whether the absence of disclosed numbers reflects caution or simply forecast convention.