You don’t have to pick a winning AI stock to spot silver’s opportunity. All you have to do is start with what goes into the GPUs to build them.
“UBS forecasted silver reaching $70 per ounce by December 2026,” on September 21. The bank sees data centers, AI infrastructure, grid investment, and electric vehicles helping offset weaker solar demand. The buyers in these growing tech sectors aren’t waiting for an inflation scare. They’re buying it for the utility. That all points north in the right direction for investors.
The Server Needs More Than a Chip
The USGS lists silver among the materials used in server boards and circuitry. The World Silver Survey identifies chip packaging, connectors, and power modules as applications benefiting from its electrical and thermal performance.
Call it The Working Ounce: silver bought for what it does, not simply what someone else might pay.
All this new demand will create a more stable floor for silver in 2027 closer to the year-end price at $70/ troy ounce.
A second critical link in the chain is that 77% of silver supply was imported last year. That measures import dependence, but it puts supply chains under the microscope for investors.
The Factory Order Behind the Forecast
Industry consumed 657.4 million ounces in 2025, that’s 58% of total silver demand. Silver already has customers whose purchasing decisions begin with production schedules rather than headlines.
That’s key to the price floor and bullish perspective for silver over the next year as demand continues to compound.
The important distinction: AI-related server demand grew, but total industrial demand fell 3% as solar manufacturers reduced silver use and substituted other materials. More servers didn’t automatically mean a boom in the need for silver… for now anyway.
But many analysts are projecting AI’s need for silver to more than double the solar sector by the end of the decade.
The bullish opportunity is really the combination of both solar and AI. Industrial demand alongside investment interest and even gold’s supportive backdrop all stand the case for a return to a $100 floor in 2027. while warning that tighter monetary policy or weaker growth could undermine its outlook.
Think of two engines pulling the same load. Factory demand supplies one; investors responding to rates, the dollar, and financial uncertainty supply the other. The stronger case is when both pull together.
Buy the Ounces, Not the Deadline
A December target is a reason to invest. For physical silver, compare dealer premiums and buyback spreads: a quoted metal price is not your purchase price or resale proceeds.
Build an allocation you can hold beyond one forecast, without needing to predict tomorrow’s headlines.
Own What Lasts means looking beyond the forecast to the customers behind it. Going a little closer to the Earth where the metal comes out of the ground. Some want protection. Others have servers to build.
– U.S. Gold Bureau Team
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