--- title: "Black Box’s order backlog passed US$1bn, up 88%, on hyperscaler data centres" summary: "Black Box’s results for July to September: what the integrator builds, its backlog by type of work, Brazil’s 2S, the hiring behind the orders, and the year’s guidance." url: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/black-box-order-book-1bn-hyperscalers format: Note desk: "Markets & the AI economy" region: India published: 2026-11-13 facts_checked: 2026-11-13 author: TechBag (The TechBag Journal) tags: ["Black Box results","Black Box order backlog","Black Box Q2 results","Black Box hyperscaler orders","Black Box Limited","data centre construction","hyperscalers","AI data centres","2S Inovações Tecnológicas","Essar","systems integration","structured cabling","earnings","NSE"] cover: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/covers/black-box-order-book-1bn-hyperscalers.png --- # Black Box’s order backlog passed US$1bn, up 88%, on hyperscaler data centres *Black Box’s results for July to September: what the integrator builds, its backlog by type of work, Brazil’s 2S, the hiring behind the orders, and the year’s guidance.* Note · Markets & the AI economy · By TechBag · Published 2026-11-13 · Facts checked 2026-11-13 · Canonical: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/black-box-order-book-1bn-hyperscalers Black Box, the Mumbai-listed company that builds and runs networks and data-centre infrastructure, mostly in the United States, ended September with an order backlog of US$1,044m, up 88% on a year earlier and about 10% on June. It booked US$298m of new orders in the quarter, 37% more than a year before, and says the backlog grew “primarily due to AI-led infrastructure investments in data centers”.[1][2] Revenue for July–September was ₹1,936.3 crore, up 22%, and profit ₹72.7 crore, up 31%.[3] US$1,044m order backlog at 30 September, up 88% in a year Black Box ₹1,936 cr revenue for July–September, up 22% NSE filing 9.0% EBITDA margin, the same as a year earlier Black Box 20% of the quarter’s revenue from data centres, from 17% in the year to March Black Box ## What Black Box does, and where the orders come from Black Box sells integration work: it lays fibre and structured cabling, builds data-centre infrastructure and connectivity for hyperscale and colocation customers, sets up enterprise networks and workplaces, runs managed services, and sells its own products for control rooms (KVM switches, AV and IoT kit). About 2,200 of its roughly 4,000 staff are in North America, which gave 66% of half-year revenue; India gave 6%.[2] Essar Telecom Limited, its promoter, owns 69.95% of the shares.[4] Data centres brought in 20% of the quarter’s revenue, against 17% in the year to March, and the company expects about 30% for this year. It added more than US$250m of data-centre orders in April–September, including a US$55m multi-site order from a US-based global hyperscaler it does not name, and says data-centre projects run 24 to 36 months.[2] Those orders sit in “projects”, which grew to half the backlog. **Figure: Project work rose from US$121m to US$524m in 18 months, half of Black Box’s backlog** *Black Box order backlog by type of work, US$ million, March 2024 to September 2026* Mar 2024 175 US$470 Mar 2025 180 185 US$504 Mar 2026 222 253 296 US$792 Jun 2026 227 258 440 US$949 Sep 2026 230 262 524 US$1,044 | | Managed services and T&M | Maintenance contracts | Projects | Products | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Mar 2024 | 144 | 134 | 175 | 17 | | Mar 2025 | 180 | 185 | 121 | 18 | | Mar 2026 | 222 | 253 | 296 | 21 | | Jun 2026 | 227 | 258 | 440 | 24 | | Sep 2026 | 230 | 262 | 524 | 28 | Source: Black Box, investor presentation for Q2 FY27, NSE filing of 13 November 2026 · as of 13 November 2026 · Values as printed on the company’s chart; data-centre builds are counted in projects. ## What the quarter cost, and what to watch The quarter includes, for the first full three months, 2S Inovações Tecnológicas of Brazil, bought from 1 May for ₹427.34 crore including deferred and performance-linked payments; ₹568.23 crore of goodwill was booked.[3] 2S added ₹177 crore of revenue in the half-year.[2] Staff costs rose 37%, to ₹752.2 crore, while goods bought for resale fell to ₹616.6 crore from ₹747.6 crore; long-term borrowings rose to ₹1,184.9 crore from ₹797.0 crore in March.[3] The company says it has hired about 300 people in two months, mostly in the US, will add about 700 more in six to nine months, and aims for a 10% EBITDA margin in January–March.[2] Its auditor, without modifying its conclusion, drew attention to import payments, export proceeds and other receipts of ₹20.44 crore, ₹7.44 crore and ₹11.14 crore held past the time limits of India’s foreign-exchange law; the companies have applied for extensions.[3] What to watch: the guidance for the year to March 2027, which is revenue up 23–27%, profit up 38–50% and a backlog of US$1.3–1.4bn at year end.[1] The chips going into those data centres are in [TSMC’s and the server assemblers’ monthly revenue](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/tsmc-october-record-assemblers-ai-server-revenue). How we did this Figures as of 13 November 2026, 8:30pm IST Revenue, profit, staff costs, goods for resale, borrowings, the 2S price and goodwill are from the consolidated results statement (₹ crore as printed). Backlog, bookings, EBITDA and its margin, revenue shares and hiring are the company’s own figures from its release and presentation; the backlog split is read from the presentation’s chart, and the year-earlier backlog of US$555m is not split by type. The company converts the backlog at ₹95.51 to the dollar, about ₹9,975 crore. Our arithmetic: the 37% and 22% rises, the 18 months from March 2025, and half-year revenue without 2S, about 17% above a year earlier. Promoter holding is from the shareholding pattern for 30 September. Spotted an error? Write to us; corrections are published at the foot of the piece. Sources 1. [Black Box Limited, press release on unaudited results for the quarter and half-year to 30 September 2026 (NSE)](https://nsearchives.nseindia.com/corporate/BBOX_13112026122059_SE_PR_Q2FY27_Signed.pdf) — 13 November 2026 2. [Black Box Limited, investor presentation, Q2 and H1 FY27 (NSE)](https://nsearchives.nseindia.com/corporate/BBOX_13112026175927_SE_InvestorPresentation_Q2FY27.pdf) — 13 November 2026 3. [Black Box Limited, outcome of board meeting: unaudited standalone and consolidated results with limited review reports (NSE)](https://nsearchives.nseindia.com/corporate/BBOX_13112026120810_SE_BM_Outcome_Q2FY27_Signed.pdf) — 13 November 2026 4. [Black Box Limited, shareholding pattern at 30 September 2026 (NSE, XBRL)](https://nsearchives.nseindia.com/corporate/xbrl/SHP_1736789_13102026023115_WEB.xml) — 13 October 2026 **Disclosure.** TechBag is a software reseller: it earns when companies buy through it, including from vendors named here. The analysis is TechBag’s own; no vendor paid for or saw this piece before publication. Facts are labelled reported, TechBag count or our view. **Read this next:** [Big Tech's quarterly capex hit US$202bn, more than its operations brought in](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/big-tech-ai-capex-quarterly-line) — The spending behind hyperscaler orders: Big Tech’s quarterly capex hit US$202bn, more than its operations brought in. Go deeper on TechBag - [Fibre spot prices are four to six times last year’s](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/optical-fibre-prices-ai-data-centres) — the cable AI data centres take, which integrators like Black Box lay - [India runs 1.8 GW of data centres](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/india-ai-data-centres-power-gigawatts) — the Indian side of the data-centre build-out - [TSMC hit a record NT$586.9bn in October](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/tsmc-october-record-assemblers-ai-server-revenue) — the chip and server makers supplying the same data centres