Chips & Data Centers

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

Aug 27, 2026

Amazon to Add 2 Million Nvidia GPUs to AWS Data Centers

Amazon will add 2 million more Nvidia GPUs to its data center fleet in 2027 and 2028. The order includes Blackwell Ultra, Rubin and Rubin Ultra chips, with financial terms not disclosed.

Aug 27, 2026

Georgia Power Gets Approval for OpenAI Power Contract in Georgia

Georgia Power's contract to serve OpenAI's Effingham County project has been approved by Georgia regulators. The deal covers 3,200 megawatts of new demand, with OpenAI set to pay infrastructure costs and provide flexible demand response.

Aug 26, 2026

Achronix Releases JESD204C IP Core for Speedster7t FPGAs

Achronix Semiconductor Corporation has released a JESD204C IP core for its Speedster7t FPGA family. The core supports up to 32 Gbps per lane and is designed to connect high speed ADCs and DACs to programmable logic.

Aug 26, 2026

Emerald AI Raises $150 Million for AI Data Center Power Software

Emerald AI raised $150 million in Series A funding at a $1.05 billion valuation to expand software that adjusts AI data center power use based on grid conditions.

Aug 26, 2026

OpenAI Data Center Chief Chris Malone Leaves

OpenAI confirmed that Chris Malone, its head of data centers, has left after 17 months. The company has reorganized its infrastructure team and appointed a chief technology officer for computing capacity.

Aug 25, 2026

EPAM Partners With Wiz on Cloud and AI Security

EPAM Systems has partnered with Wiz to help enterprises identify, prioritize, and remediate cloud and AI security risks across complex cloud environments.

Aug 25, 2026

Teledyne LeCroy Adds Ultra Ethernet Validation Tools for AI Networks

Teledyne LeCroy expanded Ultra Ethernet validation support across its Xena traffic generators and SierraNet protocol analyzer for AI and HPC network testing.

Aug 25, 2026

Daloopa Adds MCP Connector for Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services

Daloopa announced a new MCP connector built on Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services. It brings structured financial data into Gemini Enterprise workflows for investment research and analysis.

Aug 25, 2026

RelativityOne Adds Gemini Enterprise for Legal Integration

RelativityOne now integrates with Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for Legal through the Model Context Protocol, adding natural language controls for legal workflow administration.

Aug 25, 2026

SCX.ai and DDN Partner on Australian Sovereign AI Inference Cloud

SCX.ai and DDN have partnered to expand Australia's sovereign AI inferencing cloud, combining SCX.ai infrastructure with DDN's Infinia data platform.

Aug 24, 2026

Infineon Acquires C2i Semiconductors for AI Data Center Power Management

Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to acquire Bangalore based C2i Semiconductors, adding digital power management technology for AI data center applications.

Aug 24, 2026

Luxor Energy and Bentaus Curtail AI GPU for ERCOT 4CP Signal

Luxor Energy and Bentaus reduced a live AI inference GPU's power draw to 25% in under 500 milliseconds using the Ziani platform, without disrupting workloads.

Aug 24, 2026

NxtGen Launches SpeedCloud Global for Cloud and AI Services

NxtGen Datacentre and Cloud Technologies has launched SpeedCloud Global, offering managed cloud and AI services to international customers.

Aug 24, 2026

Primemas Shows CXL Memory Products for Abaco AI System

Primemas showcased CXL memory products at FMS 2026 and detailed its work with Micron on the Abaco Project, a rack scale compute system planned for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Aug 24, 2026

Nvidia Customers Warned of AI Server Price Increases

Nvidia plans to raise prices for servers containing its AI chips by more than 15% in many cases for some large customers, with changes expected on systems shipped early next year.

Aug 24, 2026

Alibaba Launches $10.2 Billion Share Placement for AI Spending

Alibaba Group launched a HK$80 billion, or $10.2 billion, share placement in Hong Kong and plans to use the proceeds for AI capabilities including chips, infrastructure and model deployment.

Aug 21, 2026

Skanska Wins USD 1.2 Billion Contract for Four US Data Centers

Skanska has signed a USD 1.2 billion contract to build four data centers in the southeast United States. Construction is set to begin in the third quarter of 2026 and finish in the third quarter of 2028.

Aug 21, 2026

NVIDIA Invests in Cloverleaf Infrastructure for US AI Data Centers

NVIDIA has taken a minority stake in Cloverleaf Infrastructure through a strategic partnership to support AI data center site development in the United States.

Aug 21, 2026

TrendAI Reaches $1 Billion in AWS Marketplace Sales

TrendAI said it has surpassed $1 billion in global AWS Marketplace sales and added AI security functions for AWS environments in TrendAI Vision One.

Aug 21, 2026

European AI Data Centres Move Away From Major Cities

JLL data shows planned European AI data centres for 2026 to 2028 are moving farther from major hubs as developers seek cheaper land, power access, and faster grid connections.

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