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Thursday 28 August 2025
China’s cities outpace Beijing in AI chip race, setting steeper targets than the state
On August 25, Nikkei Asia reported that Shanghai aims to raise the domestic semiconductor share in AI and data center operations to more than 70% by 2027. Guizhou's Guiyang, in the...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Meta's Hyperion data center investment reaches US$50 billion, far surpassing initial estimates
According to Bloomberg and Reuters, US President Donald Trump disclosed that Meta Platforms Inc.'s Hyperion data center under construction in Louisiana involves...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Beyond the chip: uncovering AI's hidden energy drain
Energy consumption in large language models extends beyond AI chips, with Alphabet Inc.'s recent research revealing that measuring only the chip underestimates the total environmental...
Wednesday 27 August 2025
Taiwan tech giants find fortune in the AI rack revolution
Taiwan's technology supply chain is capitalizing on a global wave of artificial intelligence server upgrades, as soaring computing workloads drive sweeping changes in power systems,...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Research Insights: Broadcom defends Ethernet ecosystem as NVLink and UALink push specialized interconnects
At the OCP APAC Summit, Ethernet and UALink advocates clashed over data center interconnect architectures. Kurtis Bowman, UALink board chair and AMD's director of architecture and...
Tuesday 26 August 2025
Saudi AI startup Mumain begins construction of data centers ahead of 2026 launch
Saudi Arabia's artificial intelligence startup Mumain has started building its first data centers in Riyadh and Dammam, with operations expected to commence in early 2026, reports...
Monday 25 August 2025
Weekly news roundup: Huawei found to use outdated 5nm; Google launches 270M AI model; China's new E-Beam tool
Below are the key DIGITIMES Asia stories from August 11 to 17, 2025. Firstly, a recent teardown confirms that Huawei's Kunpeng 930 chip still relies on TSMC's outdated 5nm process...
Monday 25 August 2025
Research Insights: AI data centers turn to decentralized clean energy to meet Gigawatt demands
As Meta Platforms Inc. and OpenAI prepare to launch gigawatt-scale AI data centers by 2026, the surging electricity demand raises concerns over existing energy infrastructure capacity...
Sunday 24 August 2025
China's data center power supply outpaces US amid growing AI demand
As artificial intelligence infrastructure expands worldwide, China has effectively addressed power supply challenges for its data centers, while the US continues to face grid limitations,...
Friday 22 August 2025
China’s AI chip drive eyes 82% autonomy by 2027
China's top provinces are intensifying efforts to reduce reliance on foreign semiconductors, setting aggressive targets to boost self-sufficiency in AI and data center chips.
Thursday 21 August 2025
OpenAI weighs infrastructure services as part of evolving business model
OpenAI is weighing a future move to monetize its AI infrastructure by renting out data center capacity to other companies, with CFO framing the idea as a potential revenue stream...
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Meta restructures AI strategy: super intelligence lab reportedly divided into four major teams
Meta Platforms Inc. reportedly plans to restructure its artificial intelligence (AI) division by splitting its superintelligence lab into four specialized teams within six months,...
Tuesday 19 August 2025
Huawei data center chip stuck on outdated 5nm node, teardown reveals
A recent teardown of Huawei's new Kunpeng 930 data center processor suggests the chip may still rely on TSMC's five-year-old 5nm manufacturing node. The finding underscores how US...
Friday 15 August 2025
Teco eyes US data center growth, leveraging Foxconn alliance and local investments
Teco Electric and Machinery recently formalized a strategic share swap agreement with Foxconn, aiming to leverage emerging opportunities in the artificial intelligence (AI) market...
Friday 15 August 2025
Thinking Electronic stands to grow in Nvidia's 800V AI server era
As artificial intelligence pushes data center power demands to unprecedented levels, Nvidia is leading a power architecture revolution by adopting 800-volt high-voltage direct current...