Chips & Data Centers

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

Oct 21, 2026

Overhaul Reports $150 Million in AI Equipment Theft in 2026

Overhaul says thieves have stolen more than $150 million in AI equipment during 2026, with deception used in 92% of high value technology shipment thefts.

Oct 21, 2026

Nebius Publishes Live Spot Prices for GPU Compute

Nebius now publishes live prices for preemptible GPU capacity, alongside reserve auctions and on demand access.

Oct 21, 2026

Poll Finds 57% of Americans View AI as Bad for Society

An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll finds that 57% of Americans consider AI bad for society, while 66% oppose new data centers in the United States.

Oct 21, 2026

Vantage Secures Over 1 GW of Heron Power Capacity for AI Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers secured over 1 GW of manufacturing capacity for Heron Link solid state transformers. The systems will convert medium voltage grid power directly to 800 VDC at hyperscale data center campuses.

Oct 21, 2026

envelio Speeds Grid Calculations With NVIDIA GPUs

envelio says its GPU based power flow solver runs grid calculations up to 150 times faster than its previous approach. Czech distribution operator EG.D is using the solver in grid planning workflows.

Oct 21, 2026

Trump Says Large Data Centers Must Generate Their Own Power

Trump said on Truth Social that new large data centers must make their own electricity and urged operators to pay communities a dividend.

Oct 21, 2026

NVIDIA Partners Expand European AI Clouds and Agent Controls

NVIDIA cloud partners are expanding computing capacity across Europe and nearby regions while supporting a new architecture for controlling AI agents. BBVA plans to evaluate the architecture for agent security and governance.

Oct 21, 2026

Fulcrum and Slalom Partner on AI for Utility Field Operations

Fulcrum and Slalom are working together to help electric, gas and water utilities apply AI to field operations and measure returns from their investments.

Oct 21, 2026

Amazon Withdraws Plan for Four Data Centers in Loudoun County

Amazon will withdraw its plan for four data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn and donate 25 acres to Loudoun County.

Oct 21, 2026

DrillDocs Expands CleanSight to Angola and Canada

DrillDocs has deployed its CleanSight computer vision system on drilling facilities in Angola and Canada after validation in Guyana. The company says the system continuously measures cuttings return rates to help crews reduce circulating time and identify wellbore problems.

Oct 21, 2026

Duos Signs 20 MW Data Center Contract Worth Over $400 Million

Duos Technologies signed a colocation agreement covering 20 MW of facility load and 10 years. The contract is worth more than $400 million, with deployment expected in the second quarter of 2027.

Oct 21, 2026

CommonAI Chooses Kao Data for UK AI Infrastructure Test Lab

CommonAI will deploy at least five GPU clusters at Kao Data's Harlow campus for a UK test lab focused on emerging AI infrastructure.

Oct 21, 2026

NEXTDC Shares Fall 44% After Melbourne Power Delay

NEXTDC shares fell 44% after a power supply delay at its M3 data center prompted the company to cut its fiscal 2027 forecasts and pause new projects.

Oct 21, 2026

DayOne Weighs Delay or Smaller US IPO

DayOne is considering delaying its US IPO or reducing the offering to between $2.5 billion and $3 billion as data center stocks face market volatility.

Oct 21, 2026

Fuse Energy Opens Reservations for UK NVIDIA GPU Service

Fuse Energy has opened reservations for Fuse Compute, which will provide NVIDIA GPU capacity from UK data centres. The first 128 B300 GPUs are due online in December 2026.

Oct 21, 2026

Google Cloud Adds OpenAI Models to Model Garden

Google Cloud is adding OpenAI's GPT-Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna to its model garden in private preview, sold through Google Cloud Marketplace.

Oct 21, 2026

Peak Energy Raises $108 Million to Scale Sodium Ion Storage

Peak Energy raised $108 million in a Series B round led by General Motors Ventures. The company will expand manufacturing and bring its sodium ion storage systems to data centers.

Oct 21, 2026

NTT DOCOMO and NTT Test AI Control for Base Station Energy Use

NTT DOCOMO and NTT are testing AI coordinated control of communications workloads, solar generation, and battery storage at radio base stations.

Oct 21, 2026

Soluna and Applied Digital Plan 50 MW AI Data Center in Texas

Soluna and Applied Digital agreed to form a joint company to develop a planned 50 MW AI and high performance computing data center near Silverton, Texas.

Oct 21, 2026

Armada Plans Modular NVIDIA Vera Rubin AI Factories

Armada will build modular AI factories based on the NVIDIA DSX POD reference design and Vera Rubin platform. The company and Johnson Controls plan to deploy 500 MW of distributed capacity in 2027.

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