Jabil completed its acquisition of Hanley Energy Group last week in a cash transaction valued at approximately $725 million, with up to an additional $58 million in contingent considerations. Hanley Energy operates 13 facilities across four continents, offering critical power and cooling solutions tailored for high-performance computing environments. The deal closes a gap in Jabil’s existing power management offerings by adding rack-level deployment and service capabilities.

On the day following the announcement, Jabil’s share price declined by more than 7%, as investors expressed concern over the lack of disclosed funding details for the transaction. Analysts note that without clarity on whether the deal was financed through debt, equity or internal cash flow, market participants remain cautious about potential balance sheet impacts. Trading volume that session reached roughly 2.1 million shares, nearly double the stock’s three-month daily average.

With global data center deployments accelerating to support artificial intelligence workloads, Jabil’s integration of Hanley Energy’s expertise positions the company to capture a growing slice of power infrastructure spending. Research firm DataCenter Dynamics projects annual global expenditures on critical power solutions to exceed $15 billion by 2027. By combining Hanley’s on-rack power modules with Jabil’s manufacturing scale and service network, management anticipates long-term margin expansion and deeper customer engagements in the AI hardware market.