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Hardware & Compute
GPUs, accelerators, datacenters, and the compute buildout behind the scaling race.
Amazon’s $1B Plan to Combat Data Center Backlash Draws More Backlash
Advocates criticize the initiative as damage control, noting it omits plans for a new power plant expected to be the largest source of US climate pollution.
Hardware & ComputeAmazon Warns Against Blocking AI Data Centers Citing National Security
AWS CEO Matt Garman cites over 100 local moratoriums and pledges $1 billion to neighboring communities in new blog post.
Hardware & ComputeGoogle Says SpaceX Starship Needs 1,800 Launches for Orbital Data Centers
The tech giant's white paper estimates a 20% annual cost reduction is needed to reach $200 per kg by 2035.
Hardware & ComputeMicrosoft Expands Biomimicry Efforts to Address Data Center Community Pushback
The company plans to integrate nature-inspired solutions at more than 20 US and German sites to mitigate noise and visual impact.
Hardware & ComputeMeta Saves Billions in US Taxes by Classifying AI Data Centers as Experiments
The company saved $3.9 billion in 2025 using a federal research credit, making it the largest beneficiary among public firms.
Hardware & ComputeMicrosoft Remains Vague on Local Investments After Community Criticism
Critics note that Microsoft’s charitable donations pale in comparison to state tax breaks received by data center developers.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia Integrates Watchdog Into Chips to Monitor AI Agents
The hardware feature aims to detect and halt runaway AI processes directly at the chip level.
Hardware & ComputeCrusoe Abandons $1.25B Plan to Use Boom Turbines at AI Data Centers
The shift marks a pivot away from Boom Supersonic's prototype Overture jet engine turbines for power generation.
Hardware & ComputeGoogle's Suncatcher Project Aims to Put AI Data Centers in Orbit
The initiative proposes using solar-powered satellites to host AI workloads, addressing terrestrial energy and cooling constraints.
Hardware & ComputeNew Jersey Fines Data Center $1.1M After Drone Pics Expose 62 Gas Generators
Investigation revealed 45 unpermitted generators running at 1,982-kw capacities, far exceeding the 37-kw permit threshold.
Hardware & ComputeOracle Sends Force Majeure Notice on New Mexico Stargate Data Center
The notice impacts the massive AI infrastructure project backed by OpenAI and SoftBank.
Hardware & ComputeGoogle's First Suncatcher Orbital Data Center Test Launches October 1
The MVP satellite integrates four TPUs onto a Planet Labs bus, generating just one kilowatt of solar power.
Hardware & ComputeVirginia Governor Creates AI Task Force to Review Data Center Growth
Governor Spanberger establishes a task force to evaluate the impact of expanding data centers on state resources and communities.
Hardware & ComputeGoogle, Nvidia and Anthropic Back Emerald AI Grid Expansion
The AI startup leverages backing from major tech firms to identify infrastructure capacity for new data centers.
Hardware & ComputeHuawei Plans Q1 2027 Launch of New AI Chip to Challenge Nvidia
The Chinese tech giant aims to close the performance gap with US rivals through a new processor scheduled for release in early 2027.
Hardware & ComputeApple Is Reportedly Building Enterprise AI Server With M8 Ultra Chips
The move signals a potential expansion of Apple Silicon into the data center market, challenging Nvidia's dominance in AI hardware.
Hardware & ComputeSK Hynix Reportedly in Talks With Intel to Build Memory Chips in US
The potential partnership aims to localize high-bandwidth memory production for AI accelerators.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia and Palantir Team Up to Run Supply Chains With AI
The partnership initially targets Nvidia's own complex supply chain operations involving millions of parts.
Hardware & ComputeAWS Uses Qualcomm Chips for AI Inference While Qualcomm Uses AWS Bedrock for Design
The reciprocal partnership highlights a growing trend of cloud providers and chipmakers using each other's AI infrastructure.
Hardware & ComputeFire at New York AI Data Center Exposes Safety and Accountability Gaps
Firefighters found no working alarm or suppression system at the unfinished Lake Mariner site in June.
Hardware & ComputeDeepSeek Plans Largest Known Huawei Chip Cluster With 160,000 Processors in Inner Mongolia
The cluster would be located at a site in China's Inner Mongolia region, according to reporting.
Hardware & ComputeApple's Ternus Era Begins as Nvidia Bets on the Whole AI Stack
John Ternus, Apple's senior vice president of hardware engineering, takes expanded role in product roadmap decisions under new leadership structure.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia's Free PAIR Tool Routes Local AI Requests Across Idle PCs and Macs
The open-source Personal AI Router sends each request to one machine on your network. It does not pool GPUs or run larger models.
Hardware & ComputeProtests Against AI Data Centers Play Into China's Hands, Trump Says
Former President Trump has criticized opposition to artificial intelligence infrastructure development in the United States.
Hardware & ComputeHugging Face Releases @Huggingface/kernels Package with 200+ WebGPU Kernels for Local AI
The open-source kernels package enables running transformer models directly in browsers via WebGPU without server-side compute.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia's Controversial DLSS 5 Arrives September 3rd and Requires Serious GPU Horsepower
The launch coincides with NBA 2K27 release, raising questions about accessibility for mid-range hardware owners.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia's $3.5B MediaTek Bet Reveals Its Plan for Tackling Big Tech's AI Chip Buildout
The investment signals Nvidia's strategy to expand beyond its GPU dominance as hyperscalers develop custom silicon.
Hardware & ComputeMeta Tests Robots for Data Center Tasks Including Cable Plugging and Server Resets
Testing includes Kinova Gen3 arms for power cycling; a worker estimates it could replace up to 80% of some jobs.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia's AI Advantage Is Moving Beyond the GPU
The chipmaker is expanding its strategy beyond hardware as competition in AI infrastructure intensifies.
Hardware & ComputeNeocloud Lambda Secures $1B in Debt to Buy More Chips
The financing will fund hardware expansion for AI compute services, per TechCrunch.
Hardware & ComputeTrump's EPA Wants to Let Data Centers Hide Their Air Pollution
The proposed rule change could exempt large server farms from reporting certain emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Hardware & ComputeGLM-5.3-Flash Matches Top AI Models at a Fraction of the Cost, Runs Without Nvidia Hardware
The Chinese model from Zhipu AI demonstrates competitive performance while avoiding dependence on restricted GPU suppliers.
Hardware & ComputeAmazon Just Tripled Its Order of Nvidia Chips Over 'Surging Demand'
The order increase reflects intensifying competition among cloud providers for AI compute resources.
Hardware & ComputeOpenAI Loses Top Data Center Executive as High-Profile Departures Continue
The departure adds to a series of notable exits from the AI firm in recent months.
Hardware & ComputeOpenAI Says Its Jalapeño Chip Can Power Faster AI Responses Than the Competition
The company shared benchmark data suggesting its in-house silicon outperforms existing alternatives for inference tasks.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia Claims Groq 3 LPX Is Four Times Faster Than Cerebras, but the Math May Be More Complicated
The performance comparison involves specific workloads and configurations that affect how the speedup figure should be interpreted.
Hardware & ComputeOpenAI's First Custom Chip 'Jalapeño' Reportedly Beats Nvidia's Blackwell and Rubin in Inference Benchmarks
The company's inaugural AI inference chip reportedly demonstrates performance advantages over comparable Nvidia hardware, according to The Decoder.
Hardware & ComputeOpenAI's Jalapeño Chip Targets Fast Inference at Data Center Scale
The custom silicon is designed to accelerate model inference workloads at data center scale.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia in Talks to Invest in Perplexity at $30 Billion-Plus Valuation
The potential investment would deepen Nvidia's ties with AI search startup Perplexity.
Hardware & ComputeTaiwan Indicts Nine Including Nvidia Senior Manager in Alleged AI Server Export Scheme to China
The indictment includes two Supermicro employees based in Taiwan accused of forging documents to circumvent US export controls.
Hardware & ComputeMemory Shortage Reportedly Drives Nvidia AI Server Prices up About 15 Percent
The price increase affects enterprise buyers seeking hardware for AI model training and deployment.
Hardware & ComputeData Center Opposition Surged from 42% to 75% in One Year, Survey Finds
The sharp increase reflects growing public concern over the environmental and community impacts of AI infrastructure.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia Acquires Poolside's Model Factory and 109 Employees For $6 Billion
The deal brings Poolside's training infrastructure under Nvidia's control as AI compute demand grows.
Hardware & ComputeStarcloud Raises $200 Million for Orbital Data Centers as Launch Options Dry Up
The company is betting on space-based compute infrastructure amid ground-based capacity constraints.
Hardware & ComputeWaymo Builds Its Own Chip for Its Robotaxis, Cutting Reliance on Nvidia
The Alphabet subsidiary is developing custom silicon to handle sensor processing and autonomous driving workloads in its fleet.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia Just Showed That the Harness, Not the AI Model, Is Now the Real Hero
The chipmaker demonstrated at its GTC conference that software infrastructure matters more than raw model performance.
Hardware & ComputeResearchers Explore Urine-Based Cooling Systems for Data Centers
TechCrunch examines whether human waste could offer a sustainable alternative to traditional water-intensive cooling methods.
Hardware & ComputeChina Lets Nvidia's H200 Chips Trickle Onto the Mainland to Help Its AI Firms Keep Pace With the US
The limited shipments come as US export controls continue to restrict China's access to advanced AI accelerators.
Hardware & ComputeHow NVIDIA Scales Expertise With ChatGPT Work
The collaboration enables enterprise teams to leverage AI-assisted workflows across hardware development cycles.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia's New Financial Strategy Does Not Compute
Major investment firms are working with Nvidia on a $500 billion financing plan to treat GPU compute as an investable asset class.
Hardware & ComputeTerraPower's Nuclear Reactor Has a Secret Weapon for Powering AI Data Centers
The company reports its Natrium reactor technology is designed to meet the high energy demands of artificial intelligence infrastructure.
Hardware & ComputeSame Cluster, 33 Points More Utilization: What Changed Was the Order
A Dharma AI case study demonstrates how job scheduling strategy can dramatically improve GPU cluster efficiency without hardware changes.
Hardware & ComputeGroq Raises $350M to Fuel Its Pivot From AI Chips to Neocloud
The funding round values the company at $2.5 billion and supports Groq's transition from hardware design toward cloud inference services.
Hardware & ComputeAI and Data Centers Have Leapfrogged Israel, Racism, and Crypto as US Campaign Topics
The shift reflects AI's growing prominence in the 2024 US election cycle.
Hardware & ComputeInvestor Pressure Forces Nvidia to Shrink Its OpenAI Bet
The chipmaker faces mounting shareholder pressure over its concentrated AI investments amid shifting competitive dynamics.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia Investing $1.5B in SoftBank Data Center Developer Behind OpenAI Project
The investment deepens Nvidia's ties to AI infrastructure as demand for compute continues to surge.
Hardware & ComputeOpenAI Signs Record Ohio Data Center Lease With Nvidia Backing up to $105 Billion
The agreement represents one of the largest single infrastructure commitments in AI computing history.
Hardware & ComputeNvidia Guarantees Its Own Chips' Value to Unlock $500 Billion in AI Infrastructure Financing
The chipmaker's financing program reportedly aims to help customers fund large-scale GPU deployments.
Hardware & ComputeAmazon Data Center Proposed Near Fossil Fuel Plant Raises Emissions Concerns
The project has drawn scrutiny over its reliance on power from one of the country's most carbon-intensive generating stations.
Hardware & ComputePlanned Amazon Data Center Could Become the Biggest Climate Polluter in the U.S.
The proposed facility would rank among the largest single-site emitters if built as described, according to analysis of permitting documents.
Hardware & ComputeDiscovered Materials Uses AI to Accelerate Search for Better Chip Cooling
The startup applies machine learning to rapidly screen candidate materials for thermal management applications.
Hardware & ComputeAI's Energy Appetite Drives Nvidia and Amazon to Pour Billions Into Power Infrastructure
Amazon secures multi-gigawatt power agreements for AI data centers as nuclear and gas facilities come online.