Advancements in semiconductor technology, GPU development, and data center infrastructure that power AI computing capabilities.
Verda and Compal Electronics have formed a strategic partnership in which Compal will supply GPU server systems to accelerate Verda's AI cloud infrastructure across Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Fermi Inc. has appointed Larry Kellerman as an independent director on its Board. Kellerman brings over four decades of leadership in the electric power and utility sectors, having advised Fermi on power generation strategy since its inception.
Anthropic has agreed to spend $200 billion with Google Cloud over five years, accounting for more than 40% of Google's reported revenue backlog. The deal strengthens their partnership as demand for Anthropic's Claude AI models grows.
Uviquity has announced the world's first chip-scale laser operating at 229 nanometers, offering a compact ultraviolet light source for analytical and inspection applications. Sampling for OEM partners is planned for late 2026.
Stellanor Datacenters has completed the acquisition of eight data centers from Redcentric, expanding its UK portfolio to eleven sites with a total grid capacity of 39MVA.
Cerebras Systems plans to raise up to $3.5 billion through an initial public offering, offering 28 million shares priced between $115 and $125 each, which could value the company at $26.6 billion.
VIAVI Solutions has introduced the CyberFlood CF1000 Appliance, a 400G security and performance test platform designed to validate multi-terabit security and AI data center infrastructures under encrypted, large-scale conditions.
Anthropic is in early discussions with UK-based chip startup Fractile to purchase its upcoming AI inference chips, according to The Information. The move would expand Anthropic's chip supply beyond Nvidia, Google, and Amazon as it seeks to manage soaring compute costs.
Nscale will deliver over 66,000 NVIDIA Rubin GPUs to Microsoft at the Start Campus site in Portugal beginning in late 2027, expanding their existing AI infrastructure collaboration.
Zyphra has introduced Zyphra Cloud, a full-stack AI platform powered by AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs and supported by TensorWave, offering a serverless inference service for open-weight models and long-horizon workloads.
Pinecone has launched a new cloud region in Frankfurt, expanding its AI knowledge infrastructure to Central Europe. The company also introduced Nexus, KnowQL, Marketplace, a Builder plan, and full text search capabilities.
Panthalassa has raised $140 million in Series B funding led by Peter Thiel to complete its pilot manufacturing facility and deploy its Ocean-3 nodes, which perform AI inference computing at sea using wave energy.
Nebius Group has agreed to acquire Eigen AI in a $643 million cash and stock deal to enhance its Token Factory inference platform. The acquisition will integrate Eigen AI’s optimization technology and team into Nebius’s global AI cloud operations.
Blaize Holdings and Winmate Inc. have signed a strategic partnership to integrate Blaize's AI chips into Winmate's rugged computing systems used in defense, border security, maritime, and healthcare applications. The agreement targets about $15 million in business during the first year.
Lightedge has acquired a 3 megawatt Tier III certified data center in Kansas City, Missouri, expanding its infrastructure capacity in the region. The turnkey facility was fully pre-leased at acquisition and adds to the company’s growing U.S. data center portfolio.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that AWS has reached a $15 billion AI revenue run rate, driven by new AI products including OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 on Bedrock and the preview of Bedrock Managed Agents. AWS also saw significant growth across its AI and chip businesses in the first quarter of 2026.
The Open Compute Project Foundation has announced new projects, technical contributions, and alliances to advance its Open Data Center Ecosystem for AI, focusing on open standards for power distribution, networking, and infrastructure design.
INVT will present its latest modular power and liquid cooling solutions for data centers at Data Centre World Frankfurt 2026, including a new 150 kW high-density power module and the SC Series Coolant Distribution Unit.
OG&E has signed an agreement with Google to supply power to three new data centers in Muskogee and Stillwater, Oklahoma. The deal includes Google covering all connection and generation costs, pending approval from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.
Tencent Cloud received two NAB Show Product of the Year Awards for its Video Quality Enhancement and Smart Erase technologies, recognized for advancing video processing and media AI applications.
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