Chips & Data Centers

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

Sep 24, 2026

Leviton Plans $100 Million Network Manufacturing Expansion

Leviton will invest $100 million through 2030 to expand copper and fiber manufacturing capacity for AI infrastructure, data centers, smart buildings and enterprise networks.

Sep 24, 2026

Synteq Digital Opens Chicago GPU Infrastructure Site

Synteq Digital has opened its largest single site expansion in Chicago, offering GPU compute, virtual machines, bare metal infrastructure and block storage.

Sep 24, 2026

STL Adds Fiber Trunk Assemblies for AI Data Centers

Sterlite Technologies has expanded its Neuralis portfolio with preterminated fiber trunk assemblies supporting 48 to 6,912 fibers.

Sep 24, 2026

Canaan to Show Bitcoin Mining Heat Systems at BTCHEL

Canaan will demonstrate Bitcoin mining systems that recover heat for district networks and homes at the BTCHEL conference in Helsinki.

Sep 24, 2026

Energy Disruptors: UNITE 2026 to Examine AI Power Demand in Calgary

Energy Disruptors: UNITE 2026 will bring nearly 3,000 energy, technology, finance and government leaders to Calgary on September 28 and 29.

Sep 24, 2026

Vertiv to Acquire King Environmental Services

Vertiv plans to acquire King Environmental Services, expanding its fluid management and data center cooling services across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Sep 24, 2026

IFS Survey Finds Utilities Prioritize Grid Resilience and AI

A survey of 850 utility executives finds that grid resilience, affordability and operational performance are shaping investment plans, while data silos limit the use of AI and predictive asset management.

Sep 24, 2026

DFI to Show Edge AI Gaming Systems at G2E 2026

DFI will present gaming systems with local AI processing, computer vision and integrated security at G2E 2026 in Las Vegas.

Sep 24, 2026

Shanghai Chengwei Launches Central Gas Supply System for Semiconductor Labs

Shanghai Chengwei Semiconductor Equipment launched a central gas supply system for semiconductor research facilities, university laboratories and precision testing centers. It supports gas purity of up to 99.9999 percent and uninterrupted delivery.

Sep 24, 2026

Sivers Semiconductors Changes Wireless and Photonics Leadership

Sivers Semiconductors appointed new leaders for its Wireless and Photonics businesses. Marc Pegulu will become Managing Director of Wireless, while David Clark will join as VP of Engineering for Photonics.

Sep 24, 2026

M31 and Ambiq Develop Low Power Chip IP for TSMC N12e

M31 Technology and Ambiq developed Foundation IP for the TSMC N12e process, combining an SPSRAM memory compiler with a standard cell library.

Sep 24, 2026

TrinaTracker Launches Robots for Solar Panel Installation and Cleaning

TrinaTracker introduced the BUILDEX installation robot and AURORA cleaning robot for solar power plants. It says BUILDEX installs up to 90 modules per hour, while AURORA plans cleaning routes autonomously.

Sep 24, 2026

Huawei Presents Six Power Showcases at AI × Energy Summit

Huawei presented six electric power showcases at its AI × Energy summit in Shanghai, covering digital and intelligent transformation of grid operations, distribution, converter stations and communications.

Sep 24, 2026

USD.AI Arranges $128.9 Million GPU Financing Facility

USD.AI arranged a $128.9 million financing facility for 32 NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 systems in British Columbia.

Sep 24, 2026

Synopsys and TSMC Expand AI Chip Design Partnership

Synopsys and TSMC are expanding their collaboration with agentic AI workflows, certified design tools, advanced packaging support, and semiconductor IP for AI and computing systems.

Sep 23, 2026

Q.ANT Launches Open Source SDK for Photonic Computing

Q.ANT released an open source software development kit for building applications for its photonic Native Processing Units. The toolkit includes C and Python APIs, examples, documentation, and a CPU based simulator.

Sep 23, 2026

XPRIZE Awards $4.55 Million for Wildfire Detection and Response Systems

XPRIZE awarded $4.55 million to teams developing space based wildfire detection and autonomous response systems. Anduril Industries received $2.2 million across two prizes.

Sep 23, 2026

Everpure Named a Leader in 2026 Gartner Infrastructure Services Report

Everpure was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Infrastructure Platform Consumption Services for the second consecutive year.

Sep 23, 2026

FlashGrid Adds Oracle AI Database 26ai Support Across AWS, Azure and Google Cloud

FlashGrid Cluster and FlashGrid Server version 26.05 now support Oracle AI Database 26ai deployments on AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

Sep 23, 2026

Cognex Launches In-Sight 1750 Wafer Reader

Cognex launches the In-Sight 1750 Series, an AI based identification system for semiconductor wafers and panels. It reads difficult markings and supports upgrades from the In-Sight 1740.

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