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"Robotti sees AI's physical appetite creating opportunity in overlooked infrastructure. While AI platforms trade at extreme valuations, the power, materials, and energy required to support them remain undervalued after years of underinvestment."
Robotti Value Investors argues that the market's AI obsession has created a compelling mispricing in physical assets. While AI platforms trade at valuations embedding decades of flawless execution, the physical infrastructure required to support AI—power generation, transmission, copper, steel, and natural gas—remains largely ignored despite surging demand after years of underinvestment. The manager avoids paying extraordinary prices for AI winners and instead owns the forgotten real assets necessary to enable technological change. Key positions include Subsea 7, which is merging with Saipem to create a global offshore energy leader with extensive backlog and pricing power, and Builders FirstSource in building products distribution. The North American industrial renaissance driven by abundant low-cost natural gas provides a structural advantage for energy-intensive industries. The manager buys these real assets through public companies at discounts to replacement cost and below private market valuations, with capital deployed alongside owner-operators. The strategy requires patience as fundamentals improve ahead of narrative recognition, but when recognition arrives, it tends to happen quickly.
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