Nov 14, 2026
Telus pulls out of two Vancouver AI data centre projects with Westbank
Westbank says it will continue both sovereign AI data centre projects with a new, unnamed partner, while Telus expands its Kamloops site.
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Advancements in semiconductor technology, GPU development, and data center infrastructure that power AI computing capabilities.
Nov 13
Vertiv launches power panel for 100 kW-plus AI racks
Nov 13
DOE's AI-FORTS program builds AI cyber defences for the energy grid
Nov 13
Huang called Nvidia's interim CEO "a deer in the headlights", WSJ reports
Nov 13
SEMIFIVE's custom AI chip orders jump 437% to a record quarter
Nov 14, 2026
Petition to reinstate Jensen Huang as Nvidia CEO passes 115,000 signatures, with Elon Musk among signers
Nearly 6,000 current Nvidia employees and more than 63,000 shareholders have signed, the petition site says, asking the board to bring Huang back during an independent investigation.
Nov 14, 2026
Asian governments respond to Jensen Huang's exit from Nvidia
South Korea says Nvidia reaffirmed its 260,000-GPU supply plan, Taipei says Nvidia's planned overseas headquarters is on track, and Japan says it will monitor the company.
Nov 14, 2026
Malaysia plans law making data centres disclose AI chip imports and power use to curb smuggling
Operators would have to report GPU imports, power consumption, locations and customers, and pay for all the power capacity they reserve.
Nov 14, 2026
More than 13,000 object to Chapelcross plan for world's largest AI data centre campus
CX Tech's proposed 1,000MW campus in Dumfries and Galloway would use seven million MWh a year at full capacity; a Scottish Greens campaign has gathered the objections.
Nov 14, 2026
Nscale's updated IPO filing shows $5.5 billion of debt and a $1.7 billion nine-month loss
The neocloud's amended S-1 gives preliminary results: revenue of $307.5 million for the first nine months of 2026 and total debt up from $78.9 million at the end of 2025.
Nov 14, 2026
Viral letter demanding Jensen Huang's return to Nvidia is a fake copied from OpenAI's 2023 letter
The document swapped OpenAI for Nvidia and Microsoft for Elon Musk; Nvidia's Bryan Catanzaro, listed as a signatory, called it clearly fake.
Nov 14, 2026
Cerebras signs lease for AI inference capacity near São Paulo, BNamericas reports
The chipmaker will host more than 30MW of inference capacity in a large operator's cluster in Greater São Paulo, its first step into Latin America.
Nov 13, 2026
Senators urge Lutnick to close remote access loophole in AI chip export controls
Senators John Curtis and Lisa Blunt Rochester ask the Commerce Secretary to make AI chip export licences conditional on blocking remote access for Chinese companies.
Nov 13, 2026
OpenAI backs bills to curb China's access to AI chips and chipmaking tools
The measures would ride on the annual defence bill; Nvidia's allies are lobbying against them after Jensen Huang's ouster.
Nov 13, 2026
Infomaniak plans liquid-cooled data centre in Bulle that feeds district heating
The 170-rack site, due in 2028, will feed about 28 GWh of server heat a year into Gruyère Energie's district heating network.
Nov 13, 2026
Nvidia invested in a record 121 startup funding rounds in 2026, Crunchbase data shows
Nvidia and its NVentures arm are the most active corporate investor this year, backing OpenAI, Anthropic, Crusoe and Mistral rounds.
Nov 13, 2026
Drogue raises $20M to power floating data centres with ocean heat
The six-month-old startup plans a multi-megawatt prototype on a ship at sea in early 2028.
Nov 13, 2026
Democrats open inquiry into Trump administration's handling of Nvidia China chip sales
Rep. Neal and Sen. Wyden ask Commerce to preserve records and question the H200 export deal and Megaspeed's chip purchases.
Nov 13, 2026
DeepX tapes out 2nm DX-M2 edge AI chip built for 100B-parameter models at 5W
The South Korean startup's second-generation chip on Samsung's 2nm process triples memory bandwidth; mass production is targeted for autumn 2027.
Nov 13, 2026
PangeAI signs Sky Blue Impact to speed up data centre site analysis
The developer uses PangeAI's plain-English geospatial AI to weigh grid, water and hazard factors across candidate sites.
Nov 13, 2026
Minneapolis votes to require council approval for every new data centre
The 7-6 vote also limits new data centres to existing buildings downtown; the mayor could veto it.
Nov 13, 2026
Anthropic hires its first gas supply lead to fuel its own data centres
The $320,000 to $405,000 role will secure natural gas for behind-the-meter power at Anthropic campuses as it heads toward its IPO.
Nov 13, 2026
China's top open models were trained on export-banned Nvidia chips, research claims
Weight analysis points to Blackwell training for DeepSeek V4 and Moonshot's Kimi K3, deepening questions over Nvidia and the Megaspeed scandal.
Nov 13, 2026
AEWIN to show liquid-cooled AMD AI servers at SC26
The Qisda Group company will display servers with two-phase direct liquid cooling for chips up to 600W.
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