Advancements in semiconductor technology, GPU development, and data center infrastructure that power AI computing capabilities.
ASRC Federal has developed NASA’s new Athena high performance computer at the Ames Research Center, providing over 262,000 CPU cores and more than 20 petaflops of peak performance for scientific and AI workloads.
National Grid Ventures will invest $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent to develop large-scale power and electrical infrastructure for US data centers, including a 2.67 GW facility in West Texas supplying a Microsoft data center.
DriveNets has introduced two new AI networking platforms, the 2600SL and 2601S, built on Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 ASIC, offering up to 102.4Tbps capacity and designed for large-scale AI infrastructure deployments.
Cloud Capital has launched a Core Joint Venture Strategy with Realty Income and a global institutional investor, seeded with over $6 billion of stabilized hyperscale data center assets in the United States, with plans to expand into Europe.
At Intersolar Europe 2026 in Munich, CHINT unveiled technologies designed to improve grid resilience and energy system flexibility, including SF6-free switchgear, modular substations, and advanced energy storage systems.
ECSite and VoltServer have integrated their platforms to create a unified solution combining intelligent power distribution with AI monitoring for data centers and in-building wireless systems, offering operators centralized visibility and energy management.
Elea Data Centers and AXIA Energia will build the first AI-focused data center in Brazil’s Amazon region, powered entirely by renewable energy and scheduled to start operations in 2027.
Supermicro has introduced a new Data Center Building Block Solutions Blueprint based on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL4 platform, designed to accelerate deployment of high performance computing and AI infrastructure.
Pittco Management has made an equity investment in UK-based Nscale Global Holdings, a company developing data centers for AI compute workloads, in partnership with Epping Forest Capital.
DEEPX and Sixfab have launched the DEEPX AI HAT+, an AI acceleration board for Raspberry Pi 5 that delivers low-power, high-performance inference capabilities for edge applications such as robotics and automation.
Qualcomm Technologies and Meta have entered into a long-term agreement for data center CPUs, with Qualcomm’s Dragonfly C1000 processor set to power Meta’s upcoming server fleet beginning in 2028.
Qualcomm has agreed to acquire AI software company Modular to strengthen its software foundation for generative and agentic AI across data center and edge environments. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval.
A new report from Exponential View finds that global AI revenue reached $25 billion in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing depreciation costs of major data center investments for the second consecutive quarter. The research suggests that demand for AI services is now large enough to sustain the industry's heavy infrastructure spending.
Advantech announced that its MIC-735 edge AI platform is undergoing validation through the NVIDIA Halos AI System Inspection Lab, making it one of the first platforms aligned with NVIDIA’s safety-focused framework for robotics and industrial systems.
Runpod has raised $100 million in a growth round led by Summit Partners, valuing the company at $1 billion. The funds will support expansion of its AI developer cloud platform used by over one million developers.
OpenAI and Broadcom have unveiled Jalapeño, a new inference processor designed specifically for large language models. The chip was developed in nine months and will be deployed at gigawatt scale in data centers starting in 2026.
SmartSens presented new automotive vision solutions at AutoSens USA 2026, including ADAS, surround-view, in-cabin, and driver monitoring systems, and previewed Flyingchip's upcoming M2 ISP chip.
kos.ai has launched general availability of its same day pay application review system powered by its virtual finance employee, Kos, following $12 million in inception financing.
SiMa.ai and Mistral Solutions have announced a partnership to develop an intelligent drone reference design combining SiMa.ai’s Physical AI platform with Mistral’s embedded systems expertise. The design aims to accelerate autonomous drone deployment and will be available to OEMs and system integrators in Q3 2026.
Odine has entered a strategic partnership with Supermicro to develop high-performance AI infrastructure in Türkiye, focusing on GPU systems, cloud architectures, and multi-cloud management solutions.
Weekly coverage of AI hardware developments including chips, GPUs, cloud platforms, and data center technology.
