Chips & Data Centers

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

Aug 19, 2026

WhiteFiber Plans $250 Million Notes Offering for AI Data Centers

WhiteFiber plans a $250.0 million private placement of convertible senior notes due 2032. The company intends to use proceeds for data center expansion, GPU servers, potential transactions, working capital, and an exchange of some existing notes.

Aug 19, 2026

PaleBlueDot AI Gets NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud Status for HGX B300 Cluster

PaleBlueDot AI said its NVIDIA HGX B300 cluster received NVIDIA Exemplar Cloud status for large model training after meeting benchmark performance requirements.

Aug 19, 2026

Relativity Networks Raises $22M and Secures $40M Hyperscaler Order

Relativity Networks raised $22 million through a SAFE investment and secured a $40 million hyperscaler order for its ChronoCore optical networking technology.

Aug 19, 2026

Etched Raises $700 Million at $21 Billion Valuation

Etched has raised $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, with Jane Street leading the round after testing and buying its AI hardware.

Aug 19, 2026

Automus Consulting Launches FAiSAccelerate for Oracle Cloud Implementations

Automus Consulting has launched FAiSAccelerate, an AI powered delivery model for Oracle Cloud Applications implementations that targets a 30 percent reduction in timelines and costs.

Aug 19, 2026

trutility Launches Grid Infrastructure Platform Backed by Distributed Sun

trutility has launched as a grid infrastructure platform for battery storage, community solar, distributed generation, and microgrids, backed by Distributed Sun assets and capital investment.

Aug 19, 2026

Vuzix Ships Causeway Waveguide Samples for AI Data Centers

Vuzix Corporation has begun shipping Causeway waveguide bridge samples and is making an optical interconnect evaluation kit available for AI data center testing.

Aug 19, 2026

Aily Labs Brings Decision Intelligence Platform to Google Cloud Marketplace

Aily Labs has partnered with Google Cloud to offer its Decision Intelligence platform through Google Cloud Marketplace. The platform connects enterprise data systems and coordinates AI agents for pharma and biotech operations.

Aug 18, 2026

Flexential Secures $800 Million for Data Center Projects

Flexential has established an $800 million credit facility to support more than 130 MW of new data center capacity across four markets.

Aug 18, 2026

SHINE Joins GE Vernova AI Nuclear Fuel Tracking Project

SHINE has joined a GE Vernova Advanced Research Center project to use AI for tracking spent nuclear fuel during recycling. The ARPA-E funded project will develop sensor and material tracking systems for nuclear fuel recycling facilities.

Aug 18, 2026

VNET and CATL Partner on Compute Energy Infrastructure

VNET Group has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with CATL to combine data center infrastructure with zero carbon energy technology. The companies plan to work on compute energy facilities, distributed networks, and a zero carbon token ecosystem.

Aug 18, 2026

Castrol Cooling Fluids Validated for NVIDIA AI Infrastructure

Castrol says its ON PG25 and PG25T cooling fluids have been validated for NVIDIA AI factory and data centre infrastructure.

Aug 18, 2026

Prodigy Technovations Launches UFS 5.0 Protocol Exerciser and Analyzer

Prodigy Technovations launched PGY-UFS5-EX-PA, a UFS 5.0 protocol exerciser and analyzer that supports MIPI M-PHY v6.0, MIPI UniPro v3.0, and data rates of 46.64 Gbps per lane.

Aug 17, 2026

Deployable Energy and Hornbeck Offshore Plan Maritime Nuclear Battery Projects

Deployable Energy signed an MOU with Hornbeck Offshore to explore Unity Nuclear Battery deployments for maritime, defense, offshore power, and floating data center uses.

Aug 17, 2026

Lightera to Expand Fiber Manufacturing for AI Infrastructure

Lightera plans to expand global manufacturing capacity for optical fiber and optical fiber cable, with new capacity expected to begin coming online in the second half of FY2028.

Aug 17, 2026

Molex Invests in CAEPlus for AI Data Center Cooling

Molex has made a strategic investment in CAEPlus to support active liquid cooling technology for AI and high performance computing data centers.

Aug 17, 2026

Hanbat Researchers Use AI to Optimize Thermal Energy Storage

Hanbat National University researchers developed a physics informed neural network framework to speed design optimization for latent heat thermal energy storage systems.

Aug 17, 2026

WhiteFiber Plans Two More North Carolina Data Center Campuses

WhiteFiber agreed to acquire two industrial properties in Yadkin County, North Carolina, for $60 million through Enovum Data Centers. The company plans to retrofit the sites into NC-2 and NC-3 data center campuses with at least 60 MW of initial gross utility capacity.

Aug 17, 2026

Tencent Details AI Data Center Energy Plan for Carbon Neutrality

Tencent published a carbon neutrality progress report covering data center efficiency, renewable electricity use, and AI tools for emissions reductions. The company said renewable electricity consumption rose to 48.5% in 2025.

Aug 16, 2026

Mistral AI Adds Third Party Models to Cloud Platform

Mistral AI will host third party open models on its infrastructure, starting with GLM 5.2 from Z.ai. The company also made Regional Endpoints generally available and introduced a Priority Tier in public preview.

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