Chips & Data Centers

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

Charbone Outlines 2026–2030 Plan to Expand into Global Industrial Gas Markets

Charbone Corporation has announced a five-year strategic plan to evolve from a clean hydrogen producer into a global industrial gas group, with new regional hubs across North America and expansion into Europe and Asia-Pacific.

April 14, 2026

SK hynix Invests in Semidynamics to Develop Memory-Centric AI Chips

Semidynamics announced a strategic investment from SK hynix to advance memory-centric AI inference infrastructure, focusing on reducing data movement bottlenecks in large-scale AI workloads.

April 13, 2026

Mimulus and GenScript Partner to Scale Zero-Watt Molecular Data Storage

Mimulus Corp and GenScript Biotech Corporation have announced a multi-year collaboration to industrialize DNA-based data storage using Mimulus's zero-power Molecular Archive Technology and GenScript's large-scale DNA synthesis capabilities.

April 13, 2026

IDCA Releases AE360 2.0 Data Center Standards Framework for the AI Era

The International Data Center Authority (IDCA) has introduced version 2.0 of its Infinity Paradigm AE360 Standards Framework, designed to address the infrastructure and operational needs of AI-driven data centers.

April 13, 2026

Atomic-6 Launches Marketplace for Orbital Data Centers

Atlanta-based startup Atomic-6 has introduced ODC.space, a marketplace that allows organizations to purchase on-demand orbital data center capacity, addressing AI-era energy and cooling challenges by moving compute into orbit.

April 13, 2026

Cango's EcoHash Subsidiary Begins Commercial AI and HPC Operations

Cango Inc. has launched the official digital portal for its subsidiary EcoHash Technology LLC, marking the start of commercial operations in high-performance computing and AI inference.

April 13, 2026

Eaton to Build New Nebraska Facility to Meet AI Data Center Power Demand

Eaton announced plans to open a new 370,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near Omaha, Nebraska, to expand production of medium-voltage switchgear for data centers and utilities. The $30 million investment aims to address rising demand driven by AI data center growth and will create over 200 jobs.

April 13, 2026

Rebellions, SK Telecom, and Arm Collaborate on Sovereign AI Infrastructure

Rebellions has partnered with SK Telecom and Arm to develop AI inference infrastructure for sovereign AI and telecom data centers. The collaboration integrates Rebellions’ RebelCard accelerator with Arm’s AGI CPU to create high-performance, energy-efficient servers.

April 13, 2026

CoreWeave and Meta Sign $21 Billion AI Infrastructure Agreement

CoreWeave has announced a $21 billion expansion of its AI infrastructure agreement with Meta Platforms, extending their partnership through 2032 to provide cloud capacity across multiple locations.

April 10, 2026

Amazon CEO Highlights Chip Momentum and Satellite Ambitions in 2026 Letter

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company's custom chip business has reached a $20 billion annual run rate and that its satellite network Amazon Leo has secured major contracts ahead of launch. He also confirmed $200 billion in planned capital spending for 2026 to expand AWS data centers.

April 10, 2026

Intel and Google Expand Collaboration on AI and Cloud Infrastructure

Intel and Google announced a multiyear collaboration to advance AI and cloud infrastructure, focusing on the continued use of Intel Xeon processors and co-development of custom infrastructure processing units to boost efficiency and scalability.

April 09, 2026

SambaNova and Intel Reveal Heterogeneous AI Inference Blueprint Using Xeon 6 and RDUs

SambaNova and Intel have announced a joint AI hardware solution combining GPUs, Intel Xeon 6 CPUs, and SambaNova RDUs for large-scale agentic AI inference, set for release in the second half of 2026.

April 08, 2026

Nscale Plans AI Data Center in Finland with Fortum Support

Nscale has announced plans to build a data center in Harjavalta, Finland, with Fortum as its site development partner, focusing on grid connection and permitting support for the project.

April 07, 2026

Phantom Space Acquires Thermal Management Technologies to Support Orbital Data Centers

Phantom Space Corporation has acquired Thermal Management Technologies to enhance its Phantom Cloud orbital data center program, bringing satellite thermal expertise in-house.

April 06, 2026

Hyperscale Data Receives $26.6 Million from Litigation Settlement

Hyperscale Data announced it received $26.6 million in cash following the resolution of litigation involving a former subsidiary, with funds distributed between its subsidiaries Ault Lending and RiskOn International.

April 04, 2026

EvoChip.ai Reports 40x Faster AI Inference with AltiCoreAI

EvoChip.ai announced benchmark results showing its AltiCoreAI technology achieving up to 41 times faster inference performance than optimized neural networks on standard CPUs, according to a press release. The benchmark, conducted with SidePath, compared AltiCoreAI to TensorFlow-based models across multiple datasets.

April 04, 2026

Tech Giants Build Natural Gas Plants to Power AI Data Centers

Microsoft, Google, and Meta are investing in large-scale natural gas power plants across the southern United States to supply electricity for their expanding AI data centers, amid rising equipment costs and potential fuel supply constraints.

April 04, 2026

IBM and Arm Partner on Dual-Architecture Hardware for AI Workloads

IBM and Arm have announced a strategic collaboration to develop dual-architecture hardware designed to improve the flexibility, reliability, and security of enterprise systems running AI and data-intensive workloads.

April 03, 2026

Mistral AI Secures $830 Million Debt Financing for Paris Data Center

French AI startup Mistral AI has obtained $830 million in debt financing to fund a new data center near Paris. The facility will use Nvidia GPUs to power AI model training and inference, and is expected to become operational in the second quarter of 2026.

March 31, 2026

Huawei’s New AI Chip Gains Interest from ByteDance and Alibaba

Huawei’s 950PR AI chip has completed successful customer testing, with ByteDance and Alibaba planning to place orders as the company prepares for mass production later this year.

March 28, 2026

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