Chips & Data Centers

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

Oct 15, 2026

FIC Global Opens Johor Factory for AI Infrastructure Components

FIC Global has opened a manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia, with eight surface mount technology lines supporting optical components for AI infrastructure and data centers.

Oct 15, 2026

Mueon Raises $65 Million to Scale Cubelets Computing Platform

Mueon raised $65 million in Series A funding to expand its team and move its Cubelets computing platform toward broader validation and production readiness.

Oct 15, 2026

Huawei Proposes Next Generation OTN for AI Data Center Networks

Huawei presented a Next Generation OTN system for networks centered on AI data centers. It supports data center interconnection and access with capacity from 800G to 2T, flexible bandwidth and quantum encryption.

Oct 15, 2026

Senators Question Meta Tax Credits for AI Data Centers

Seven Democratic senators are asking Meta to explain its use of federal research tax credits connected to AI data center construction.

Oct 15, 2026

Ukrainian Strikes Disrupt Yandex Services Across Central Asia

Drone attacks damaged Yandex data centers in Russia, disrupting taxi, delivery and other digital services in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Oct 15, 2026

Sachin Katti to Leave OpenAI Infrastructure Role

Sachin Katti will leave his role as OpenAI's infrastructure and compute lead on November 15 but will remain an advisor. Compute CTO Uday Ruddarraju will replace him.

Oct 15, 2026

Ricursive Intelligence Details AI System for Chip Design

Ricursive Intelligence is developing AI that designs chips, learns from each iteration, and improves later designs. The startup says its approach could shorten design cycles and produce more efficient layouts.

Oct 15, 2026

ALPS Names Brian Turnbow to Lead AI Data Center Expansion

Italian data center company ALPS appointed Brian Turnbow as technical director for AI, with responsibility for its AI and high performance computing strategy.

Oct 15, 2026

Colt DCS and RMZ Start Building 64 MW Mumbai Data Center

Colt Data Centre Services and RMZ have started construction of Mumbai 3, a 64 MW data center designed for AI and high density computing.

Oct 15, 2026

EQT AI Infrastructure Fund Reaches $11.5 Billion in NAV

EQT's AI Infrastructure fund reached $11.5 billion in net asset value during the third quarter of 2026, supported by $900 million in net inflows and value appreciation.

Oct 14, 2026

DoGo Power Plans 200 Energy Storage Systems for Ukrainian Research Sites

DoGo Power plans to deploy more than 200 grid forming energy storage systems across Ukrainian agricultural research sites and experimental farms over the coming years.

Oct 14, 2026

ASML Reports Record €11.7 Billion Sales as AI Demand Strains Supply

ASML reported record third quarter sales of €11.7 billion and said planned supply for 2027 and 2028 will not fully meet customer demand linked to AI investment.

Oct 14, 2026

Rika Sensor Supplies 86 Coolant Monitoring Units for Dubai AI Data Center

Rika Sensor supplied 86 coolant monitoring units for a Dubai hyperscale cloud center with 2,000 liquid cooled cabinets. The units arrived calibrated and configured to reduce installation time during commissioning.

Oct 14, 2026

Sitecore and Dataweavers expand sovereign hosting to new markets

Arc now offers sovereign cloud hosting for SitecoreAI in China, the Middle East and Canada. The service runs in each customer's Azure tenant to support local data residency requirements.

Oct 14, 2026

Americase to address data center battery compliance at OCP Summit

Americase International will join an OCP Global Summit panel on conflicting rules for data center battery transportation, installation, storage and disposal.

Oct 14, 2026

ThinkLabs AI Adds Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee to Board

ThinkLabs AI appointed Dragos cofounder and CEO Robert M. Lee to its board as the company expands its grid planning software for utilities.

Oct 14, 2026

UfiSpace demonstrates liquid cooling for 1.6T AI networking

UfiSpace is demonstrating a liquid cooled 102.4 Tbps networking platform with 64 ports supporting 1.6T connectivity at the 2026 OCP Global Summit.

Oct 14, 2026

Pegatron showcases NVIDIA Vera Rubin AI racks at OCP Summit

Pegatron is presenting liquid cooled AI infrastructure based on NVIDIA Vera Rubin at the OCP Global Summit 2026. Its systems range from rack scale GPU platforms to compute and storage servers.

Oct 14, 2026

Hyperscale Data Plans $33.5 Million Tokenized Preferred Stock Offering

Hyperscale Data plans to tokenize up to 1.34 million Series D preferred shares in a proposed offering that could raise $33.5 million for its Michigan AI data center campus.

Oct 14, 2026

TIA Releases Draft DCE 9000 Data Center Quality Standard

TIA released the first draft of DCE 9000, a certifiable quality management standard for data center operators, suppliers and contractors. The final standard is planned for the first quarter of 2027.

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