Chips & Data Centers

Advancements in semiconductor technology, GPU development, and data center infrastructure that power AI computing capabilities.

Sep 9, 2026

ABB and BCG Report Backs Hybrid AC/DC Power for AI Data Centers

A report from ABB and Boston Consulting Group says AI computing, electrification and renewable energy are increasing demand for direct current power systems.

Sep 9, 2026

Samsung and Mistral Partner on AI for Chip Operations

Samsung will deploy Mistral AI models across its semiconductor operations and led the French AI company's Series D funding round.

Sep 8, 2026

Galaxy Digital Receives ERCOT Classifications for 4.2 GW of Texas Data Center Capacity

Five Galaxy Digital data center projects in Texas received ERCOT classifications covering about 4.2 GW of gross power capacity.

Sep 8, 2026

Qualcomm and Amazon to Develop Custom Silicon for AI Data Centers

Qualcomm and Amazon will collaborate across multiple product generations to develop custom silicon for AI data centers, initially focused on inference.

Sep 8, 2026

Google Cloud and Accenture Form Gemini Unit With Up to 1,000 Engineers

The Accenture Gemini Enterprise Business Group will help customers plan, build, and expand AI applications using Google's enterprise platform.

Sep 8, 2026

Spirox Launches SP7000G Glass Substrate Inspection System

The SP7000G scans a 510 mm by 515 mm glass substrate in under 20 minutes and detects internal microcracks after metallization and ABF build up.

Sep 8, 2026

AI Component Shortages Push Campus Switch Prices Up 19%

AI related component shortages pushed campus switch prices higher in the second quarter of 2026. Average selling prices rose 19%, driving market revenue growth despite availability constraints.

Sep 8, 2026

Karmada Reaches CNCF Graduation With Expanded AI Job Scheduling

Karmada has graduated from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation after completing its security, governance, and project maturity requirements. Version 1.19 adds scheduling features for distributed AI training across multiple Kubernetes clusters.

Sep 8, 2026

AidenAI Launches Azure Modernization and Cost Tools

AidenAI launches AiDAP for application modernization and migration, alongside Aerie for Azure cloud cost optimization and FinOps.

Sep 8, 2026

Quantinuum Finalizes $100 Million CHIPS Funding Agreement

Quantinuum finalized a $100 million federal funding agreement to expand research and manufacturing for trapped ion quantum computing in the United States.

Sep 8, 2026

ADP Expands AWS Partnership for HR and Payroll AI

AWS will serve as ADP's strategic cloud provider as the companies expand their work on AI agents, application migration, and workforce data services.

Sep 8, 2026

Alif Semiconductor Launches $49 Edge AI Evaluation Boards

Alif Semiconductor introduced the SK-B1 and SK-E1C StartKit evaluation boards for its Balletto and Ensemble microcontrollers. Each board combines an Arm Cortex-M55 CPU with an Ethos-U55 neural processing unit for local AI inference.

Sep 8, 2026

Veridue Raises $4 Million for AI Energy Due Diligence

The London company will expand its platform for managing renewable energy and data centre transactions.

Sep 8, 2026

China Has 1.75 Million Cloud Native Developers, CNCF Report Finds

A CNCF and SlashData report estimates that China has 1.75 million cloud native developers, including about 400,000 working on AI.

Sep 8, 2026

SEMIFIVE Starts Mass Production of HyperAccel Bertha AI Chip

SEMIFIVE has started mass production of HyperAccel's Bertha AI inference accelerator using Samsung Foundry's 4nm process.

Sep 8, 2026

iPronics Raises $125 Million for Optical AI Data Center Networking

iPronics raised $125 million in Series B funding to expand production and deployment of its programmable optical networking platform for AI data centers.

Sep 7, 2026

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Says GPT-6 Astra Marks AGI Arrival

Jensen Huang says OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra represents the arrival of artificial general intelligence. He also says the model trained on more than 100,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell NVLink72 systems.

Sep 7, 2026

Anthropic signs $517 billion in compute agreements over 11 months

Anthropic signed compute agreements valued at about $517 billion over the past 11 months, covering 14.8 gigawatts of capacity.

Sep 7, 2026

Hyosung Targets US AI Power Market With 22.9kV Transformer

Hyosung Heavy Industries plans to pursue US AI and data center power projects with a 22.9kV solid state transformer that can connect directly to urban distribution networks.

Sep 7, 2026

BYD Expands In House Automotive Chip Production With Xuanji A3

BYD has expanded its semiconductor operations from power control devices to processors for smart driving systems. Its Xuanji A3 chip has entered scaled production using a 4 nm automotive process.

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