Chips & Data Centers

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

Michael Emil Shafik Joins NVIDIA as Senior Product Program Manager for DGX Platform

Michael Emil Shafik, formerly a product manager at Tesla, has joined NVIDIA as Senior Product Program Manager, where he will help lead initiatives for the DGX hardware platform, according to a press release.

October 28, 2025

Upbeat Technology and SiFive Announce Dual-Core RISC-V MCU with AI Acceleration

Upbeat Technology and SiFive have introduced the UP201 and UP301 microcontroller family, combining dual-core RISC-V architecture with AI acceleration for ultra-low power IoT and edge applications.

October 28, 2025

Humain and Qualcomm Partner to Build AI Infrastructure in Saudi Arabia

Humain and Qualcomm Technologies announced a collaboration to deploy advanced AI infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, aiming to deliver global AI inferencing services through fully optimized edge-to-cloud data centers.

October 28, 2025

Green Hills Software Tools Now Support Infineon’s PSOC Edge Microcontrollers

Green Hills Software has released safety-certified development tools for Infineon’s new PSOC Edge microcontroller family, aimed at enabling high-performance, low-power edge AI applications in robotics, smart home devices, and industrial systems.

October 28, 2025

Fermi America Signs Nuclear Agreements with Doosan Enerbility and Hyundai E&C

Fermi America has signed agreements with Doosan Enerbility and Hyundai Engineering & Construction to initiate production and engineering work for four AP1000 nuclear reactors in Texas.

October 27, 2025

SuperX and Chengtian Weiye Form Joint Venture for AI Liquid Cooling Solutions

SuperX AI Technology Limited and Chengtian Weiye have established a joint venture, SuperX Cooltech, in Singapore to develop and deliver liquid cooling solutions for AI data centers worldwide, excluding mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

October 27, 2025

B&J Industries Rebrands as Future Form Manufacturing and Triples U.S. Production Capacity

B&J Industries has rebranded as Future Form Manufacturing and expanded its Sparks, Nevada facilities, tripling daily production capacity to meet growing demand from data center and medical sectors.

October 27, 2025

DCAI Becomes First in Denmark to Receive NVIDIA DGX B300 Systems

DCAI has announced it will be the first organization in Denmark and among the first in Europe to receive NVIDIA DGX B300 AI infrastructure, enhancing its Gefion supercomputer's capabilities for large-scale AI training and inference.

October 23, 2025

Applied Digital Signs $5 Billion Lease for Polaris Forge 2 AI Campus

Applied Digital has secured a $5 billion, 15-year lease with a U.S.-based hyperscaler for 200 megawatts of capacity at its Polaris Forge 2 campus in North Dakota, expanding its total leased capacity in the state to 600 MW.

October 23, 2025

Nvidia May Guarantee OpenAI’s Data Center Loans

Nvidia is reportedly in talks to guarantee some of the loans OpenAI plans to take out for building its data centers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The potential deal is part of a broader $100 billion partnership between the two companies.

October 23, 2025

Meta and Blue Owl Form $27 Billion Joint Venture for Hyperion AI Data Center in Louisiana

Meta has entered a $27 billion joint venture with Blue Owl Capital to develop the Hyperion AI data center campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana. The facility will be leased by Meta under a long-term agreement and is designed to support the company’s large-scale AI infrastructure expansion.

October 22, 2025

U.S. Air Force Seeks Proposals for Large-Scale AI Data Centers

The U.S. Department of the Air Force has opened a call for proposals to develop artificial intelligence data centers, requiring projects with over 100 megawatts of new load and at least $500 million in capital investment.

October 21, 2025

XNRGY Secures Investment from Decarbonization Partners, Climate Investment, and Activate Capital

XNRGY Climate Systems has received growth equity financing from Decarbonization Partners, Climate Investment, and Activate Capital to expand its U.S. manufacturing and accelerate deployment of sustainable cooling technologies for data centers.

October 21, 2025

LightRiver and Nokia Power Gigabit Fiber Expansion Across Dallas for AI Data Centers

Gigabit Fiber has partnered with LightRiver and Nokia to expand high-speed fiber infrastructure across Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and Phoenix, aimed at connecting AI data centers with low-latency, scalable connectivity.

October 21, 2025

Oracle Partners with VoltaGrid for 2.3GW of Natural Gas Power to AI Data Centers

Oracle has signed an agreement with VoltaGrid to supply 2.3 gigawatts of natural gas-derived power for its AI data centers, using Energy Transfer’s pipeline network and VoltaGrid’s modular platform.

October 21, 2025

Rebellions Joins Arm Total Design to Advance AI Data Center Infrastructure

Rebellions has joined Arm's Total Design ecosystem to enhance scalable and energy-efficient AI infrastructure solutions for data centers, integrating its REBEL AI accelerators with Arm's Neoverse Compute Subsystems.

October 21, 2025

Congo Promotes Inga Hydroelectric Site to Power AI Data Centers

The Democratic Republic of Congo is promoting its Inga hydroelectric complex as a potential power source for large-scale AI data centers, with World Bank funding and new legislation aimed at attracting private investment.

October 21, 2025

Vertical Semiconductor Raises $11 Million for GaN Power Chips

MIT spin-out Vertical Semiconductor has raised $11 million in seed funding led by Playground Global to develop vertical gallium nitride transistors for AI data centers.

October 21, 2025

Nvidia, Microsoft, BlackRock, and xAI to Acquire Aligned Data Centers for $40 Billion

A consortium including Nvidia, Microsoft, BlackRock, and xAI will acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management for $40 billion. The deal marks the first major investment by the AI Infrastructure Partnership and is expected to close in 2026, pending regulatory approval.

October 21, 2025

GSI Technology’s Compute-in-Memory APU Matches GPU AI Performance with 98% Lower Energy Use

GSI Technology announced that its Gemini-I APU achieved GPU-level performance in AI workloads while consuming over 98% less energy, according to a Cornell University study presented at the Micro ’25 conference.

October 21, 2025

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