Chips & Data Centers

Absa Bank Cuts Credit Risk Reporting Time With SAS Viya on AWS

Absa Bank says SAS Viya on AWS reduced credit risk reporting cycles by 80% to 90%, moving model monitoring reports from weeks to hours.

August 07, 2026

Nautilus EcoCore Cooling Unit Validated for NVIDIA AI Factory Infrastructure

Nautilus Data Technologies says its EcoCore Facility Cooling Distribution Unit has been validated for NVIDIA AI factory infrastructure and listed on NVIDIA's DSX Infrastructure Marketplace.

August 06, 2026

Envision Energy Commissions Galaxy Campus AI Data Center in Inner Mongolia

Envision Energy has commissioned the Galaxy Campus in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, with plans to scale the AI infrastructure site beyond 2GW of capacity.

August 06, 2026

NEO Semiconductor Launches NEO.AI Memory Platform for AI Chips

NEO Semiconductor launched NEO.AI, a memory platform combining X-SRAM and 3D X-DRAM to address AI cache and HBM capacity limits.

August 05, 2026

Sharon AI signs $373 million AI cloud agreement

Sharon AI signed a five year cloud computing service agreement with a global AI platform valued at $373 million, with revenue expected to start in the first quarter of 2027.

August 04, 2026

ai& and Voltaiq Plan Battery Storage for AI Data Centers in Japan

ai& and Voltaiq plan to deploy battery energy storage systems across ai& AI data centers in Japan, using Voltaiq software to track battery quality, safety, and performance.

August 04, 2026

SK hynix and SanDisk Unveil High Bandwidth Flash Specifications

SK hynix and SanDisk have unveiled the first standard specifications for High Bandwidth Flash, a NAND based memory layer intended to sit between HBM and SSDs for AI systems.

August 04, 2026

Montage Technology Starts Trial Production of CXL 3.2 MXC Chip

Montage Technology has started trial production of its CXL 3.2 Memory eXpander Controller chip for AI, cloud, and data center memory expansion.

August 03, 2026

AZIO AI Signs AT&T Fiber Agreement for Texas AI Data Campus

AZIO AI has signed a Master Services Agreement with AT&T to provide enterprise fiber connectivity for its first 500 megawatt AI data campus in Texas.

August 03, 2026

Cerberus and Yondr Plan 72 MW Data Center in Virginia

Cerberus Capital Management and Yondr Group have acquired a 40 acre site in Manassas, Virginia, for a planned 72 MW data center campus expected to start operations in 2029.

August 03, 2026

Teradata Brings Data Analyst Agent to AWS Marketplace

Teradata has made its Data Analyst Agent available in AWS Marketplace, allowing AWS customers to deploy conversational analytics in existing cloud environments.

August 03, 2026

Emerson Electric Launches DeltaV Automation Platform for AI Data Centers

Emerson Electric has introduced its DeltaV Automation Platform for Data Centers to manage power, cooling, and other critical infrastructure for AI scale facilities.

August 03, 2026

PJM Adds 715 Generation Projects to Interconnection Review

PJM Interconnection said 715 proposed generation projects totaling more than 200 GW have qualified for study under its reformed interconnection process.

August 03, 2026

Mousterian and Samsung Heavy Industries Sign Floating Data Center Engineering Contract

Mousterian Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries signed an engineering contract for their first moored floating data center deployment in the United States. The planned units will each provide 50 megawatts of critical IT capacity for AI compute.

August 03, 2026

Leidos and CoreWeave Plan Secure AI Cloud Services for U.S. Defense and Intelligence

Leidos and CoreWeave are collaborating on secure sovereign AI cloud services for the U.S. Intelligence Community and Department of War. CoreWeave will provide its AI cloud platform, while Leidos will handle mission integration and secure architecture.

July 31, 2026

SiEngine Raises US$200 Million for Automotive AI Chips

SiEngine Technology secured US$200 million in equity financing in H1 2026 to support research, production expansion, globalization, and customer growth for its automotive chip business.

July 31, 2026

Xsight Labs Raises Over $300 Million at $2.8 Billion Valuation

Xsight Labs has raised more than $300 million in a funding round that values the semiconductor company at $2.8 billion. The company plans to use the capital for its switch and DPU roadmap, hiring, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer deliveries.

July 31, 2026

Extropic Signs $75 Million Commerce Letter for Thermodynamic AI Chips

Extropic has signed a letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $75 million in planned CHIPS research funding to develop Thermodynamic Sampling Units and qualify a domestic manufacturing path.

July 31, 2026

Cloud Capital Closes $520 Million Data Center ABS Issuance

Cloud Capital closed a $520 million data center asset backed securities issuance through its new ABS Master Trust, secured by an 80 MW hyperscale data center in Northern Virginia.

July 30, 2026

Equinix Raises 2026 Guidance After Q2 Revenue Reaches $2.625 Billion

Equinix reported $2.625 billion in second quarter 2026 revenue, up 16% from a year earlier, and raised its full year guidance and long term outlook.

July 30, 2026