Chips & Data Centers

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

Oct 27, 2026

Oracle and NVIDIA Expand Vera Rubin Capacity on OCI

Oracle and NVIDIA plan to expand OCI Superclusters with Vera Rubin NVL72 systems to multiple gigawatts. Vera Rubin NVL72 systems and Vera CPUs are now generally available on OCI.

Oct 27, 2026

ASM Lifts 2027 Outlook Above €5.7 Billion on AI Chip Demand

ASM posted record Q3 revenue of €1.16 billion and now expects to hit its 2030 revenue target in 2027, driven by AI demand at the leading edge.

Oct 27, 2026

Argentum AI Seeks $5 Billion to Finance AI Chips

Argentum AI is in talks with a major private credit firm for $5 billion to buy chips for its data center in Poland.

Oct 27, 2026

Oracle to offer Snowflake AI Data Cloud as native OCI service

Oracle will offer Snowflake AI Data Cloud as a native service on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with direct purchasing, unified billing and support for Oracle Universal Credits.

Oct 27, 2026

Oracle to Offer Google TPUs Through OCI in 2027

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will offer Google Tensor Processing Units starting in 2027, becoming the first hyperscale cloud platform outside Google to provide the chips.

Oct 27, 2026

Cadence Launches Maestro AI Models Chipmakers Can Run In-House

Cadence introduced Maestro, chip design AI models built partly on NVIDIA Nemotron that customers can run on-premises and post-train on their own designs.

Oct 27, 2026

STTGDC Secures $590 Million Loan for Tokyo Data Centers

STTGDC secured a JPY 93 billion green loan to finance the fit out and operation of two data centers at its 70 MW campus in Inzai City, Japan.

Oct 27, 2026

AirTrunk Secures AU$4.25 Billion for Sydney Data Center

AirTrunk secured an AU$4.25 billion green loan to fund continued construction of its SYD3 data center campus in Western Sydney.

Oct 27, 2026

Spain Eases Proposed Rules for Data Centers

Spain unveiled a looser draft decree for data centers, raising the size threshold and giving developers more time to secure renewable power.

Oct 27, 2026

General Compute Raises $100 Million for Non-Nvidia Inference Cloud

General Compute raised a $100 million Series A co-led by Blackbird and Abstract for an inference cloud built on Cerebras, SambaNova and Positron AI chips.

Oct 27, 2026

Rebellions NPUs Get Official Support in llm-d Inference Framework

Rebellions NPUs are now officially supported in llm-d, the open-source framework for distributed LLM inference on Kubernetes.

Oct 27, 2026

Freedom Plans Kazakhstan GPU Cloud for 2027

Freedom Holding Corp. plans to launch a public GPU cloud in Kazakhstan in 2027 as part of a $2 billion Sovereign AI Hub.

Oct 27, 2026

Vertiv Completes $1.45 Billion UtilityInnovation Group Acquisition

Vertiv completed its acquisition of UtilityInnovation Group for about $1.45 billion in upfront cash, adding microgrid controls and power systems for data centers.

Oct 27, 2026

Bank Group Arranges $63 Billion for Anthropic AI Compute

Bank of America, Blackstone, Citi and Morgan Stanley will finance AI compute capacity built with Broadcom accelerators and leased to Anthropic.

Oct 27, 2026

UK Met 137 Businesses but No Environmental Groups on AI Datacentre Policy

An investigation found UK officials met 137 businesses but no environmental groups while developing AI datacentre policy.

Oct 27, 2026

OpenAI Seeks Permit to Fill 72 Acres of Wetlands for Georgia Data Center

OpenAI applied for a federal permit to fill 72 acres of wetlands for its planned data center campus in Effingham County, Georgia.

Oct 26, 2026

Unconventional AI Buys NeuReality to Speed Chip Production

Unconventional AI is acquiring Israeli chip startup NeuReality for an undisclosed sum. About 40 NeuReality employees will join the company, which will retain a presence in Israel.

Oct 26, 2026

Meta Plans to Raise $95 Billion in Stock to Fund AI

Meta plans to raise $95 billion through share offerings to fund AI infrastructure, with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom interested in up to $5 billion.

Oct 26, 2026

SWI Compute Plans 2.3 GW of NVIDIA AI Factory Capacity by 2029

SWI Compute has emerged from stealth with plans to build and operate AI factories across Europe and the United States. Its first UK facility will use close to 7,000 Rubin GPUs and is expected online by the end of 2027.

Oct 26, 2026

SpaceX Closes $40 Billion Debt Deal for AI Chips, Musk Says

Elon Musk said SpaceX closed $40 billion in debt financing for GPUs that are expected to arrive in the first half of 2027.

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