Chips & Data Centers

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

Oct 2, 2026

PaleBlueDot AI Raises $200 Million at $3.2 Billion Valuation

PaleBlueDot AI raised $200 million in a Series C round led by ComputeCore. The company will use the funding to add AI compute capacity across more locations and hardware options.

Oct 2, 2026

SQC and Schneider Electric Get A$3.6 Million for Quantum Energy Forecasting

SQC and Schneider Electric received A$3.6 million to expand tests of hybrid quantum and classical models for household energy forecasting across Australia.

Oct 2, 2026

Google Sends TPU Into Orbit for Project Suncatcher Test

Google launched a prototype satellite carrying one of its Tensor Processing Units, marking the first time the company has sent an advanced chip into space.

Oct 1, 2026

DeepSeek and Huawei Build Tools for Ascend AI Chips

DeepSeek and Huawei have developed programming tools for Huawei's Ascend AI chips, including libraries for a system using 128 Ascend 950 chips.

Oct 1, 2026

Wärtsilä, Schneider Electric and Stanley Consultants Coordinate Data Center Power Delivery

The companies introduced a coordinated approach that combines onsite generation, electrical infrastructure, automation and engineering for US data centers.

Oct 1, 2026

LG Electronics Plans Virginia Chiller Factory for AI Data Centers

LG Electronics will open its first US chiller factory in Virginia, with production of cooling equipment for AI data centers scheduled to begin in the first half of 2027.

Oct 1, 2026

US and South Korea Back $22.3 Billion Texas Data Center Power Campus

Project Star will pair 6.47 GW of natural gas generation with an adjacent 5 GW data center campus in Encinal, Texas.

Oct 1, 2026

SEMIFIVE and Mobilint Sign Robotics AI Chip Contract

SEMIFIVE signed a turnkey contract with Mobilint to develop an AI chip for robotics under a South Korean government program. The chip will process vision and sensor data locally for applications including agricultural robots.

Oct 1, 2026

LandGate Adds European Data Center Mapping to Grid Platform

LandGate expanded its grid intelligence platform with site level data for more than 2,100 data center facilities across 10 European markets.

Oct 1, 2026

Sharon AI Secures US$356 Million GPU Backed Debt Facility

Sharon AI secured a US$356 million debt facility backed by GPUs and associated cash flows to fund compute infrastructure for customer contracts.

Sep 30, 2026

Synopsys Forecasts 15% Revenue Growth and Plans $1 Billion Buyback

Synopsys expects fiscal 2027 revenue of about $11.15 billion and plans to repurchase approximately $1 billion of its shares.

Sep 30, 2026

Advantech Launches ASR-D501 Computer for Autonomous Drones

The compact drone computer provides up to 12 TOPS of onboard AI performance while using less than 10 watts of power.

Sep 30, 2026

OpenAI and Synopsys Develop GPT-Synopsys for Chip Design

OpenAI and Synopsys signed a multi year agreement to develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized model that will operate Synopsys chip design tools.

Sep 30, 2026

SWI Group Reports €631.6 Million Profit as AI Infrastructure Portfolio Grows

SWI Group reported €4.4 billion in total assets and €631.6 million in profit for the first half of 2026 as it expanded its data center and AI compute portfolio.

Sep 30, 2026

Kao Data Names Bruce Claassen Chief Financial Officer

Bruce Claassen will become Kao Data's chief financial officer on October 1, bringing more than 20 years of finance experience to the data center operator.

Sep 30, 2026

Virtus Solis Signs 20 Year Space Solar Deal With Brae Systems

Virtus Solis will supply 100 MW of orbital solar power for Brae Systems' subsea data centers, with an option to expand capacity to 250 MW.

Sep 30, 2026

Corvex Launches Token Factory for Open Weight AI Inference

Corvex Token Factory provides API access to open weight AI models with zero data retention by default and usage based token pricing.

Sep 30, 2026

Transmart Expands Magnetic Core Sales Push to North American AI Data Centers

Transmart is expanding its North American sales efforts for magnetic cores used in AI data centers and power infrastructure.

Sep 30, 2026

NGEN Launches Data Center Power and Cooling Supply Service

NGEN Mission Critical launched a service that gives data center developers one partner for sourcing, engineering, certification, delivery and support of power and cooling equipment.

Sep 30, 2026

Sophia Space and Redwire Explore Orbital Data Centers

Sophia Space and Redwire signed an agreement to explore computing infrastructure for AI inference and data processing in orbit.

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