Chips & Data Centers

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

Tsavorite Secures Over $100 Million in Pre-Orders for AI Chips

AI startup Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence has received more than $100 million in pre-orders for its Omni Processing Unit (OPU), a chip that integrates CPU, GPU, memory, and connectivity in one architecture to support scalable AI workloads.

November 10, 2025

Fidelis Partnership Launches $250 Million Consortium to Insure AI Data Center Construction

The Fidelis Partnership has launched a new consortium to insure risks associated with the construction of AI data centers, establishing an initial capacity of $250 million with plans to expand in 2026.

November 10, 2025

Blaize and Reach Digital Form Alliance to Build Sovereign AI Infrastructure in the Middle East

Blaize and Reach Digital have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at GITEX GLOBAL 2025 to develop sovereign AI infrastructure across multiple sectors in the Middle East, combining Blaize’s hybrid edge-AI platform with Reach Digital’s regional expertise.

November 10, 2025

Calpine and CyrusOne Expand Texas Data Center Power Agreement to 400MW

Calpine Corporation and CyrusOne have finalized the second phase of their power supply agreement for a hyperscale data center in Bosque County, Texas, increasing total capacity to 400 megawatts. The facility, located next to Calpine’s Thad Hill Energy Center, is expected to begin operations by late 2026.

November 10, 2025

US Data Center Leasing Surges to 7.4GW in Q3 2025, Led by Oracle and OpenAI

US hyperscalers leased a record 7.4GW of data center capacity in the third quarter of 2025, surpassing the total for all of 2024, according to TD Cowen. Oracle accounted for most of the activity, securing 5.4GW of capacity to support OpenAI workloads.

November 10, 2025

Scala Data Centers Secures Approval for 600 MW Tamboré Campus Master Plan in São Paulo

Scala Data Centers has received approval for the master plan of its Tamboré Campus in Barueri, São Paulo, establishing it as the largest and most advanced data center campus in Latin America with a total capacity of 600 MW.

November 10, 2025

Digital Realty Expands Collaboration with NVIDIA on AI Infrastructure Innovation

Digital Realty announced a new phase in its collaboration with NVIDIA to advance AI infrastructure design and deployment at its Manassas, Virginia campus, home to NVIDIA's AI Factory Research Center.

November 10, 2025

Open Compute Project Expands Open Chiplet Ecosystem with Arm and Eliyan Contributions

The Open Compute Project Foundation announced new contributions from Arm and Eliyan to its Open Chiplet Economy, introducing the Foundation Chiplet System Architecture and BoW 2.0 memory interconnect enhancements for AI and HPC workloads.

November 10, 2025

Pure Storage and Cisco Introduce FlashStack AI Factory with NVIDIA

Pure Storage and Cisco have unveiled a new FlashStack Cisco Validated Design integrating NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, unifying compute, storage, and networking to accelerate enterprise AI deployment from pilot to production.

November 10, 2025

SuperX Digital Power Launches 800VDC Systems for AI Data Centers

SuperX Digital Power, a joint venture between SuperX AI Technology Limited and Zhonhen Electric, has introduced two 800VDC power systems — Panama and Aurora — designed to enhance efficiency and scalability in AI data centers.

November 10, 2025

Crusoe Raises $1.38 Billion to Expand AI Data Centers

Crusoe has raised $1.38 billion in a Series E funding round at a $10 billion valuation, co-led by Valor Equity Partners and Mubadala Capital. The funds will support expansion of its AI data center projects, including a major Texas campus for OpenAI.

November 10, 2025

Sharon AI Expands Data Center Capacity with 50MW Lease from NEXTDC

Sharon AI has signed a 50MW capacity expansion agreement with NEXTDC across its Australian and Asia-Pacific data center network, extending its existing collaboration at the M3 Melbourne facility to support large-scale GPU deployment.

November 10, 2025

EPC Power and UtilityInnovation Group Launch Power Systems for AI Data Centers

EPC Power Corp. has introduced an advanced inverter system designed with UtilityInnovation Group to provide uninterrupted, high-quality power for AI data centers. The M-series system will be delivered in 2025 and integrates real-time energy management for high-density compute environments.

November 10, 2025

Daikin Applied Acquires Chilldyne to Expand AI Data Center Cooling Portfolio

Daikin Applied Americas has acquired Chilldyne, a company specializing in negative pressure liquid cooling systems for high-performance and AI data centers. The acquisition enhances Daikin Applied's portfolio of efficient, leak-resistant cooling technologies designed for hyperscale data centers.

November 10, 2025

Open Compute Project Foundation Launches 'Open Data Center for AI' Initiative

The Open Compute Project Foundation has launched the Open Data Center for AI Strategic Initiative to develop standardized infrastructure for high-density AI deployments, supported by Google, Meta, and Microsoft.

November 10, 2025

CleanSpark Expands Into AI Compute, Hires Jeffrey Thomas to Lead New Division

CleanSpark has announced a strategic move to expand beyond Bitcoin mining into AI data center infrastructure, appointing Jeffrey Thomas as Senior Vice President of AI Data Centers to oversee the initiative.

November 10, 2025

Sivers Semiconductors Reports 24% Revenue Growth in Q3 2025

Sivers Semiconductors reported a 24% year-over-year revenue increase to SEK 72.5 million in Q3 2025, supported by new partnerships, leadership appointments, and a successful capital raise to fund R&D and expansion.

November 10, 2025

Iozera Acquires Houston Data Center to Expand AI-as-a-Service Network

Iozera has agreed to acquire a fully operational 4.5-megawatt data center in Houston, Texas, which it plans to expand into a 10-megawatt AI-ready facility. The site will serve as part of the company's network of AI factories designed for real-time inference and fine-tuning workloads.

November 10, 2025

Alloy Enterprises Develops Seamless Copper Cooling Plates for AI Data Centers

Alloy Enterprises has introduced a copper-based cooling technology that uses a process called stack forging to create seamless, high-performance cold plates for GPUs and other data center components, according to TechCrunch.

November 10, 2025

Menlo Digital Breaks Ground on 48MW Data Center in Herndon, Virginia

Menlo Digital, the data center platform of Menlo Equities, has started construction on a 48MW facility in Herndon, Virginia. The two-story, 307,000-square-foot project is part of a 1.8GW national development pipeline across major U.S. markets.

November 10, 2025

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