Anthropic PBC has agreed to pay US$9.1 billion over 20 years for computing capacity from Riot Platforms Inc., a Bitcoin miner turned data center operator, as the Claude developer races to keep pace with surging customer demand, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg.
LiteOn Technology plans to begin trial production of its 800V high-voltage direct current (HVDC) solutions in August as it prepares to scale next-generation power systems for AI data centers.
Taiwan's role in the global AI supply chain is shifting from manufacturing toward engineering, Nvidia networking senior vice president Gilad Shainer told DIGITIMES in an interview. The island, he said, is increasingly serving as an engineering partner for next-generation AI factories rather than simply an assembler.
Industrial PC maker Winmate said second-quarter revenue rose sharply as demand from defense, marine, and edge AI applications strengthened, a shift that could matter for global industrial supply chains. The company is also seeing firmer order visibility for the second half of the year, while it works to protect margins from higher component costs.
Wistron expects stronger AI server growth in August 2026 after reporting July revenue of NT$308.22 billion (approx. US$9.53 billion), down 4.2% month-over-month but up 60.8% year-over-year. Revenue for the first seven months reached NT$2.05 trillion, up 88.2% from a year earlier. The company expects AI server shipments to grow sequentially throughout the second half of 2026.
The United Arab Emirates is considering investing as much as JPY1 trillion (approx. US$6.3 billion) in a 500MW artificial intelligence data center in Akita Prefecture, according to Bloomberg. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment is expected to lead the investment in a project that could become Japan's largest data center.
