Chips & Data Centers

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

Nov 12, 2026

Runpod names RUTILEA its exclusive partner for adding Japanese data center capacity

RUTILEA will source data center operators in Japan and bring their capacity onto Runpod's AI developer cloud, the first step in a wider expansion across Asia.

Nov 12, 2026

Corvex reports $5 million Q3 revenue and 1.5 MW of live AI capacity

Corvex's third-quarter revenue rose 31% from the prior quarter to $5.0 million, with 1.5 MW of its roughly 8 MW of secured AI capacity live.

Nov 12, 2026

Meta Signs Green Steel Certificate Deal With Stegra to Cut Data Centre Emissions

Meta signed a multi-year deal with Swedish startup Stegra for certificates tied to its green steel plant, to address steel emissions in data centre construction.

Nov 12, 2026

Syntys Breaks Ground on 20 MW Data Centre in Qatar

Syntys began building a 20 MW data centre in Qatar designed for cloud, AI and high-performance computing.

Nov 12, 2026

Bentaus Cuts GPU Power 30% With DriveNets AI Fabric on AMD Cluster

Neocloud Bentaus says its AMD MI325X cluster with DriveNets AI Fabric cut GPU power 30% while keeping 97% of token throughput.

Nov 12, 2026

Gcore and TengriAI Explore 100 MW GPU Data Centre in Kazakhstan

Gcore and TengriAI signed an MoU to explore a GPU data centre in Kazakhstan of up to 100 MW, phased between 2027 and 2029.

Nov 12, 2026

Bit Digital Q3 Revenue Falls 11% as AI Colocation Grows

Bit Digital's third-quarter revenue fell 11% to $27.1 million, while colocation revenue from its WhiteFiber AI data centres rose 19% from the previous quarter.

Nov 12, 2026

US Moves to Block Chinese AI Firms From Renting Advanced Chips Abroad

The Commerce Department is finalising a rule to stop Chinese AI firms from remotely using advanced chips in data centres in seven more countries, The Information reports.

Nov 12, 2026

Rafay and Fortanix Launch Confidential AI Service for Neoclouds

Rafay and Fortanix's joint offering lets neoclouds, sovereign clouds and enterprises run AI workloads that stay encrypted while in use.

Nov 12, 2026

Huawei Launches LUTERRA S2 With AI Home Energy Management

Huawei's LUTERRA S2 combines a hybrid inverter, battery storage and AI energy management in a stackable residential system.

Nov 12, 2026

Gartner forecasts AI infrastructure spending will reach $2.4 trillion in 2027

Gartner forecasts global AI infrastructure spending will rise 53% to $2.4 trillion in 2027, representing 59% of total AI spending.

Nov 12, 2026

OpenAI Adds GPT-6 Luna Local Inference in India

OpenAI now offers local API processing in India for eligible customers using GPT-6 Luna. Supported requests, model computation, and customer content can remain within the country.

Nov 12, 2026

Rackspace Signs Capacity Deals With Together AI and Blacksmith

Rackspace will provide dedicated Nvidia infrastructure for Together AI and about 2 MW of AMD compute and storage capacity for Blacksmith.

Nov 12, 2026

JA Solar to Supply Modules for Teraco's 120 MW Solar Project

JA Solar will exclusively supply photovoltaic modules for Teraco's 120 MW Sediba solar project in South Africa.

Nov 12, 2026

Microsoft Says It Will 'Pay Its Own Way' for Data Center Power

Microsoft cloud operations chief Noelle Walsh says the company does not want other electricity customers paying for its data center growth.

Nov 11, 2026

Nvidia Board Reportedly Preparing to Oust CEO Jensen Huang

Nvidia's board is preparing to remove CEO Jensen Huang after two reported affairs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Shares fell 8% after hours.

Nov 11, 2026

US Data Center Power Demand Grows 10 Times Faster Than Grid Capacity

Howden says US data center power demand has increased 19% annually since 2000, while grid capacity has expanded 2% per year.

Nov 11, 2026

Josh Hawley backs nationwide data center construction pause

Sen. Josh Hawley supports a federal moratorium on data center construction until Congress protects utility customers from related rate increases.

Nov 11, 2026

Microsoft Adds GPT-5.6, GPT-6 and GPT-6.1 to Azure Content Understanding

Azure Content Understanding now supports the GPT-5.6, GPT-6 and GPT-6.1 model families for document, text, speech and video processing.

Nov 11, 2026

AWS Releases Free Local Cloud Emulator Built by AI Agents

AWS Emulator simulates more than 200 cloud services on local machines, letting developers and coding agents test software without network access or cloud fees.

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