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Juan Pedro TomásIn its latest “AI Infrastructure Insight” article, SK Hynix argues that the expansion of AI workloads is changing how data centers are designed and operated In sum – what to know: Integrated infrastructure – AI performance increasingly depends on compute, memory, storage, networking, power and cooling working together. Rack-scale design – Data center architecture is moving beyond individual servers toward …
NTT Data reported total net sales of $8 billion for the quarter, representing a 15.8% year-over-year increase In sum – what to know: $634M invested in DCs – NTT Data reported $634 million in data center investment during April-June 2026, with data center sales reaching $733 million. Strong overall growth – Net sales rose 15.8% year-over-year to $8 billion, while …
JLL said the combined Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris, and Dublin (FLAP-D) markets have reached 3.8GW of live capacity by the first half of 2026, In sum – what to know Record year for FLAP-D – Europe’s Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin markets have reached 3.8GW of live capacity, with another 453MW forecast for delivery in 2026. AI shifts development …
Susana SchwartzEquinix is a global leader in digital infrastructure, colocation data services, interconnection solutions, and multi-tenant data centers. In addition to building and managing massive physical facilities, the company has 500,000 physical and virtual connections across its fleet of “carrier-neutral” data centers, which serve more than 10,500 total customers —60% of which are Fortune 500 companies; 4,900 of which are enterprise …
Christian de LooperGoogle gets a Marvell stock warrant worth up to $12.2 billion In sum – what we know: Marvell Technology and Google have agreed to co-design custom semiconductor products for Google’s tensor processing unit (TPU) ecosystem. Alongside the deal, Marvell issued Google a stock warrant on August 18, 2026, allowing it to purchase up to 58,970,907 shares at $206.58 apiece — a potential …
Feynman could make Nvidia A16’s first major customer In sum – what we know: Nvidia is reportedly designing its next-generation “Feynman” GPUs to debut on TSMC’s A16 node — a 1.6nm-class process — rather than the standard 2nm (N2) generation. Feynman is the successor to the Rubin and Rubin Ultra, which are on the 3nm-class N3P. If the reports hold up, Nvidia’s …
Reported AMD tie-up pairs Google TPU matrix engines with x86 CPU cores In sum – what we know: Google has settled into a pretty quick cadence when it comes to refreshing its TPUs, but its next refresh might see it bring a new partner on board. According to a client note from SemiAnalysis, Google is reportedly working with AMD on a project …
Taalas chips run one model each, but claim vastly faster inference In sum – what we know: AMD is buying its way deeper into AI inference. The company has announced an agreement to acquire Taalas, a Toronto-based chip startup founded in 2023 that takes an unusually blunt approach to the inference problem — it hardwires entire AI models directly into silicon. …
Keysight reported fiscal third-quarter revenue of $1.846 billion, up 36% year over year, while orders rose 56% to $2.91 billion In sum – what to know: AI drives test intensity …
The AI supercycle is turbocharging investment as companies in virtually every sector accelerate their plans. Moving fast is an imperative when the entire market is enthusiastically pursuing its AI futures. …
In 2026, the quantum risk horizon moved — not because of a scientific breakthrough, but because of vendor behavior. Google pulled its post-quantum cryptography migration forward from the early 2030s …
AI workloads are reshaping data centers and cloud networks, driving unprecedented demands on scale, performance, and resiliency. Scale-up, scale-out, and scale-across connectivity models are redefining how GPUs, racks, and data …
Sulagna Saha Amid the 1.6T demand surge, interconnects are emerging as first-class citizens of the infrastructure The race to scale artificial intelligence is increasingly forcing data center operators to find faster means to move data across sprawling, high-performance networks. The need has brought into being the 1.6 Terabit class of connectivity, which, if you’re at OFC this year, you may have heard …
Sulagna Saha While the partnership promises to put in motion ambitious plans to co-develop design and engineering solutions across vertical markets, Nvidia’s deepening market reach prompts scrutiny In sum — what to know: Nvidia acquires stakes in Synopsys: Nvidia announced that it has invested $2 billion in long-time industry partner Synopsys. GPU-accelerated AI-powered engineering: The multi-year partnership includes plans to jointly develop …
Sulagna Saha The test and measurement giant saw its best quarterly performance in two years, driven by AI and 6G push In sum — what to know: Revenue blew past estimates: Keysight’s fourth-quarter earnings beat Wall Street estimates, signaling renewed business momentum fueled by AI infrastructure buildouts and early 6G traction. Strong upward growth: At $1.42 billion, quarterly revenue is up 10% …
Sulagna Saha Samsung has added LB Semicon to its chip-testing network for handling post-processing of the flagship Exynos 2600 chips In Sum — What to Know Samsung adds LB Semicon to its chip-testing network: Samsung adds OSAT provider, LB Semicon — part of rival company LG Electronics — expanding its supply chain of testing partners. Wafer-testing of the Exynos 2600: LB Semicon …
