Advancements in semiconductor technology, GPU development, and data center infrastructure that power AI computing capabilities.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger proposed new data center rules covering local approval, electricity costs, water use and grid access. An executive order also creates a task force focused on AI risks.
The House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act by a vote of 417 to 3. The bill would have large data centers cover the added electricity and infrastructure costs needed to serve them.
Laminar was selected for the second L'AcceleratOR cohort, where it will work with L'Oreal and the University of Cambridge on manufacturing pilot projects.
Dnotitia is testing its first VDPU ASIC samples and plans to begin evaluations using the chips in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Nscale filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed initial public offering and applied to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker NSCL.
CleanSpark subsidiary CSDC Finance I priced $2.276 billion of senior secured notes to fund the Sandersville data center. The notes carry a 7.875% interest rate and mature in 2031.
Santa Cruz County supervisors rejected a proposal to require voter approval for zoning changes that would allow AI data centers in unincorporated areas.
A National Grid Partners survey finds 78% of US utility innovation leaders are deploying at least one AI application to manage interconnection demand.
SK hynix has launched SK hynix Ventures in Silicon Valley to invest in AI computing, data centers, system software and optical interconnect technologies.
Delta Electronics is developing integrated power and cooling infrastructure for AI factories based on NVIDIA DSX, including 800 VDC power delivery and liquid cooling systems.
Saturn Cloud has integrated NVIDIA Run:ai and the NVIDIA DSX AI Factory Platform into its inference platform. Infrastructure operators can offer services billed per token alongside GPU capacity rentals, managed fine tuning and dedicated capacity.
NovoLINC has launched MaxLINC, a thermal interface material for high power AI chips that offers thermal resistance as low as 0.7 mm²•K/W.
The Summit Z74 generates controlled PCIe 7.0 protocol traffic for device validation and debugging. It can also pair with the Summit M616 Protocol Analyzer.
XKL introduced MediaLight data center interconnect capabilities for distributed AI and high performance computing. The systems provide Layer 1 optical transport with latency below 5 microseconds.
Sentry AI has deployed its 100th SolarGuard mobile security unit at a construction site. The system combines solar powered hardware, cloud AI, and continuous monitoring by remote security agents.
Terragrit secured a strategic investment from National Grid Partners to expand its operational modeling software for energy and utility companies.
FirstLight Fiber will provide an unnamed hyperscaler with high capacity connectivity along a 240 route mile fiber path between Albany and Boston.
cPanel AI adds conversational creation, application hosting, contextual support and controlled connections between AI systems and hosting infrastructure.
BrainChip's AKD1500 PCIe card lets developers test neuromorphic edge AI models on desktop, workstation, industrial and single board computers.
Huawei Cloud introduced a hybrid cloud architecture that combines infrastructure, data, models, and tools for developing and operating AI agents.
Weekly coverage of AI hardware developments including chips, GPUs, cloud platforms, and data center technology.
