WORLDSTORY 610· JULY 30, 2026

A data centre supplier to both sides of the AI race slips 2% on its Hong Kong debut

A market debut is the first day a company's shares trade on a public stock exchange. Innolight's went quietly backward. The Shandong-based equipment maker, which counts both American and Chinese technology companies among its data centre…

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