Chips & Data Centers

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

Sep 3, 2026

Flex to Acquire EPC Power for $4.4 Billion

Flex has agreed to acquire EPC Power for $4.4 billion, adding power conversion technology for AI data centers and grid applications.

Sep 3, 2026

Tensordyne Details Napier AI Inference Chip and Claims One Rack Can Replace Nine

Tensordyne has detailed Napier, an AI inference system built on a 3 nm processor and logarithmic arithmetic. The chip has taped out, and the company projects one rack could do the work of nine Nvidia and Groq racks.

Sep 3, 2026

LITEON Invests $176 Million in DCX Liquid Cooling Systems

LITEON Technology will acquire about 25% of DCX Liquid Cooling Systems in a transaction valued at approximately $176 million.

Sep 3, 2026

Chatsworth Products Joins Digital Realty AI Infrastructure Lab in London

Chatsworth Products has joined Digital Realty's London Innovation Lab, where customers can test AI and hybrid cloud infrastructure before deployment.

Sep 3, 2026

Zendure Unveils Agentic Home Energy System at IFA 2026

Zendure has introduced Agentic HEMS, a system that manages solar generation, batteries, electric vehicles, heat pumps, electricity tariffs, and household loads.

Sep 3, 2026

Sivers Invests $30 Million in Scotland Photonics Plant

Sivers Semiconductors will expand its Glasgow manufacturing facility to produce more lasers for AI data centers and optical networks.

Sep 2, 2026

Mixx Launches SxC Optical Connector for AI Racks

Mixx Technologies has launched the SxC Connector, which can terminate up to 24,576 optical fibers in a single rack unit.

Sep 2, 2026

Broadcom AI semiconductor revenue reaches $16.7 billion

Broadcom reported $16.7 billion in third quarter AI semiconductor revenue, up 221% from a year earlier. It expects the figure to reach $21.7 billion in the fourth quarter.

Sep 2, 2026

Acer Introduces Veriton RI110 AI Mini Workstation

Acer introduced the Veriton RI110 AI Mini Workstation, a compact system for local and cloud AI workloads with an Intel Core Ultra X7 processor, Intel Arc graphics, and support for models up to 120 billion parameters.

Sep 2, 2026

Equinix Announces Fabric One Connectivity Service for AI and Cloud

Equinix announced Fabric One, a managed connectivity service for enterprise cloud, AI, and network environments, with beta planned for later this year and general availability in 2027.

Sep 2, 2026

Dirac Brings BuildOS Manufacturing Platform to AWS

Dirac and Amazon Web Services have partnered to host BuildOS on AWS infrastructure, including AWS GovCloud (US), for manufacturers handling regulated production data.

Sep 2, 2026

Aranya Raises $11M for AI Infrastructure Clusters

Aranya raised $11 million to expand its team and develop its infrastructure software for GPU clusters. The company says its platform converts bare metal servers into custom clusters in under 48 hours.

Sep 2, 2026

S&P Global Completes datacenterHawk Acquisition

S&P Global has completed its acquisition of datacenterHawk, adding data center, fiber optic, and related infrastructure intelligence to S&P Global Energy.

Sep 2, 2026

Salute Agrees to Acquire T5 Operations

Salute has agreed to acquire T5 Operations, a data center operations unit of T5 Data Centers, in a deal that would expand its management footprint to more than 15 GW across over 150 markets.

Sep 2, 2026

Lam Research Starts Construction on Oregon Lab for AI Chip Research

Lam Research has started construction on a 120,000 square foot lab in Tualatin, Oregon, as part of a planned global research expansion focused on advanced semiconductors for AI chips.

Sep 1, 2026

HUMAIN Names Compal as AI Infrastructure Manufacturing Partner

HUMAIN selected Compal Electronics as a long term manufacturing partner for AI infrastructure, edge computing, AI PCs, and Physical AI systems.

Sep 1, 2026

Nscale Secures $3 Billion for AI Campuses in Texas and North Carolina

Nscale closed about $3 billion in loan commitments to fund GPU infrastructure and related equipment at AI campuses in Ward County, Texas, and Madison County, North Carolina.

Sep 1, 2026

Cloover Reaches Profitability at $350 Million Run Rate

Cloover says it has become profitable three years after launch, with more than $350 million in revenue run rate and over $1.3 billion in financing capacity.

Sep 1, 2026

EU Orders LUMI-AI Supercomputer From Atos Bull

The EU awarded French state owned Atos Bull a €387.8 million contract to build LUMI-AI, a supercomputer planned for Finland in the second half of 2027.

Sep 1, 2026

OpenAI Reportedly Buys Apple Macs for AI Agent Training

OpenAI is reportedly buying tens of thousands of Apple Mac mini and Mac Studio computers for reinforcement learning and AI agents that operate computers.

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