The explosive rise in AI computing power is pushing the data center industry to rethink its entire architectural model, according to Vik Malyala, senior vice president for technology and AI at Supermicro.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is expanding its global footprint with plans to build multiple gigawatt-scale AI supercluster campuses capable of hosting millions of GPUs, as it seeks to meet surging demand for large-scale AI workloads.
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, held at the San Jose Convention Center, drew a record crowd of more than 11,000 participants, underscoring the event's growing importance in the global data center industry. Two major developments stood out during the keynote session: an expanded OCP board reflecting stronger collaboration across the ecosystem, and a strategic shift in technical focus from rack-level designs to power and connectivity beyond the data center.
Google unveiled a new industry-wide initiative to redefine data center architecture for the artificial intelligence era, announcing the creation of an "agile, fungible data center" workstream under the Open Compute Project (OCP).
At the 2025 OCP Global Summit, Taiwan-based interconnect solutions provider BizLink unveiled a full suite of high-speed connectivity and AI-ready data center solutions, showcasing its technological edge in copper, optical, and power integration for next-generation computing infrastructure.
Electronics giant Foxconn announced a major partnership with Nvidia on October 13, 2025, to develop next-generation AI data centers, rolling out a powerful 800-volt system designed to dramatically boost energy efficiency.
Microsoft is accelerating its transformation into what it calls "the world's AI supercomputer," revealing that it added 2 gigawatts of Azure capacity in the past year, more than the company's total capacity three years ago.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced that the new iPhone Air will open for preorder in China on October 17, with official sales beginning on October 22. The announcement was made during Cook's public appearance in China, where he promoted the device through a live stream on the popular platform Douyin, known internationally as TikTok.
Open collaboration and shared standards will be essential to sustain the exponential growth of artificial intelligence (AI), AMD Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President Mark Papermaster said at the 2025 OCP Global Summit.
China is sending new shockwaves through the global economy after its two largest rare-earth producers announced a massive 37% price hike for the fourth quarter. The move comes just one day after Beijing expanded its export controls to include crucial semiconductor and AI technologies for the first time, signaling a tighter grip on the strategic materials.
American AI chip startup Cerebras Systems announced plans to deploy large-scale computing infrastructure in the UAE aimed at supporting fast-growing AI industries in the Middle East, India, and Pakistan. The deployment will provide computing power for the Stargate project, a significant AI initiative in the region.
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