On July 15, Solaris Energy Infrastructure declined 8.12% in regular trading, trading at $64.02/share, with turnover of $89.53 million. The selloff was triggered by a Morgan Stanley report warning that public opposition to AI data center development is intensifying, with approximately $130 billion in projects impacted in the first quarter alone.
While the report noted that SEI could potentially benefit from the trend of data centers increasing on-site power generation, the market focused on the broader risk of infrastructure investment deceleration. The decline was compounded by sector-wide weakness in Oil & Gas Equipment & Services, with SLB Ltd down 1.35%, Baker Hughes down 2.92%, Halliburton down 2.43%, TechnipFMC down 4.34%, and Weatherford International down 3.23%.
SEI had recently delivered strong Q1 results, with adjusted EPS of $0.44 beating estimates by 63%, and completed a $2 billion financing arrangement in May. The company also acquired GESA on July 6 and was added to the S&P SmallCap 600 effective July 16. Despite these positive developments, macro concerns over data center buildout delays weighed heavily on sentiment.
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