Advancements in semiconductor technology, GPU development, and data center infrastructure that power AI computing capabilities.
SK Telecom announced plans to build AI data centers totaling up to 15GW across South Korea by 2029, aiming to make the country a major AI infrastructure hub in Asia. The buildout will start with facilities in Ulsan and expand to other regions, supported by SK Group affiliates and partner investments.
VoltServer and Eaton have entered a strategic partnership to develop advanced power distribution technologies based on Digital Electricity and direct current systems. The agreement includes an investment by Eaton and joint development of intelligent power infrastructure solutions.
DXC Technology has announced the general availability of DXC Private Cloud+, a hybrid private cloud powered by Dell infrastructure and operated by DXC OASIS. The solution is designed for regulated industries that require secure, compliant, and AI-ready environments.
Dnotitia introduced STAR-KV, a cache compression method that reduces key-value cache size by up to 20 times and speeds up generation throughput by over three times. The research, developed with UC San Diego, has been recognized as a Spotlight paper at ICML 2026 in Seoul.
Silicom Ltd. has received its first production order for an AI inference solution, marking the company's transition from development to commercial production, with delivery planned for 2026.
Axiom Cloud has launched the AI Insights Agent, a conversational interface that allows refrigeration and HVAC operators to query system data, identify anomalies, and generate custom charts using natural language. The tool is now in beta within the Axiom Customer Web Portal.
ASRC Federal has developed NASA’s new Athena high performance computer at the Ames Research Center, providing over 262,000 CPU cores and more than 20 petaflops of peak performance for scientific and AI workloads.
National Grid Ventures will invest $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent to develop large-scale power and electrical infrastructure for US data centers, including a 2.67 GW facility in West Texas supplying a Microsoft data center.
DriveNets has introduced two new AI networking platforms, the 2600SL and 2601S, built on Broadcom’s Tomahawk 6 ASIC, offering up to 102.4Tbps capacity and designed for large-scale AI infrastructure deployments.
Cloud Capital has launched a Core Joint Venture Strategy with Realty Income and a global institutional investor, seeded with over $6 billion of stabilized hyperscale data center assets in the United States, with plans to expand into Europe.
At Intersolar Europe 2026 in Munich, CHINT unveiled technologies designed to improve grid resilience and energy system flexibility, including SF6-free switchgear, modular substations, and advanced energy storage systems.
ECSite and VoltServer have integrated their platforms to create a unified solution combining intelligent power distribution with AI monitoring for data centers and in-building wireless systems, offering operators centralized visibility and energy management.
Elea Data Centers and AXIA Energia will build the first AI-focused data center in Brazil’s Amazon region, powered entirely by renewable energy and scheduled to start operations in 2027.
Supermicro has introduced a new Data Center Building Block Solutions Blueprint based on the NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL4 platform, designed to accelerate deployment of high performance computing and AI infrastructure.
Pittco Management has made an equity investment in UK-based Nscale Global Holdings, a company developing data centers for AI compute workloads, in partnership with Epping Forest Capital.
DEEPX and Sixfab have launched the DEEPX AI HAT+, an AI acceleration board for Raspberry Pi 5 that delivers low-power, high-performance inference capabilities for edge applications such as robotics and automation.
Qualcomm Technologies and Meta have entered into a long-term agreement for data center CPUs, with Qualcomm’s Dragonfly C1000 processor set to power Meta’s upcoming server fleet beginning in 2028.
Qualcomm has agreed to acquire AI software company Modular to strengthen its software foundation for generative and agentic AI across data center and edge environments. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2026, subject to regulatory approval.
A new report from Exponential View finds that global AI revenue reached $25 billion in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing depreciation costs of major data center investments for the second consecutive quarter. The research suggests that demand for AI services is now large enough to sustain the industry's heavy infrastructure spending.
Advantech announced that its MIC-735 edge AI platform is undergoing validation through the NVIDIA Halos AI System Inspection Lab, making it one of the first platforms aligned with NVIDIA’s safety-focused framework for robotics and industrial systems.
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