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Microsoft Azure First Hyperscaler to Deploy 3M's Dust-Resistant Fiber Tech, Aiming to Slash AI Data Center Build Times
Microsoft’s Azure cloud will become the first publicly announced hyperscale platform to deploy 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) fiber connectivity technology, a move designed to accelerate the...
Microsoft's First AI Datacenter Goes Live in Wisconsin, Bringing New Compute Power to Azure
Microsoft's first purpose-built AI datacenter in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, entered full operation on June 23, 2026, after months of startup work that began in April. The Fairwater facility—part of...
Memory Prices Poised to Jump in 2026 as AI Data Centers Gobble Up Supply
A coming collision between the insatiable demands of artificial intelligence and the finite capacity of memory-chip factories will hit consumer electronics in 2026. That’s the warning from TF...
Capping Memory Prices? That Will Only Make Things Worse, Chip Group Tells the White House
The semiconductor industry’s biggest trade group has a blunt message for the Trump administration: Don’t even think about slapping price controls on memory chips. In a letter sent July 1, SEMI...
AI Data Centers Face Cooling Failures, Insurance Hikes, and Grid Strain in Record Heat. Learn How Microsoft Adapts to Protect Windows and AI.
Europe’s late-June heatwave sent temperatures soaring past 40°C, shuttering schools, disrupting public services, and triggering a chain reaction that has set off alarm bells across the technology...
Micron Stock Soars as HBM Memory Scarcity Hits AI Data Centers Hard
Micron Technology shares jumped 8% in pre-market trading Monday after multiple Wall Street analysts flagged a critical shortage of high-bandwidth memory (HBM) that threatens to throttle AI data...
South Korea’s $7 Billion AI Infrastructure Bet: New Chip Fabs, Data Centers, and Robots to Challenge Global Rivals
On June 29, inside Seoul’s Blue House Yeongbingwan, South Korea’s government and the nation’s largest conglomerates will stand shoulder to shoulder to announce a sweeping private-sector...
Basic Semiconductor Targets Hong Kong IPO as SiC Power Chips Gain Traction in AI Data Centers
{ "title": "Basic Semiconductor Targets Hong Kong IPO as SiC Power Chips Gain Traction in AI Data Centers", "content": "Shenzhen-based Basic Semiconductor has filed for a Hong Kong initial public...
Microsoft’s AI Power Play: Gigawatt Data Centers and the Windows 10 ESU Tightrope
Microsoft shares staged a late-June comeback, clawing back losses from a turbulent week that saw tech stocks battered by renewed interest rate anxiety. The rally put a green finish on what had been...
Jensen Huang Slams Smuggled Nvidia AI Servers: 'National Security Risk and Technical Dead End'
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang used his platform at the company’s June 24, 2026 annual stockholder meeting to deliver an unmistakable warning: the illicit trade in Nvidia-powered AI servers is not merely...
Nvidia's Vera Rubin DSX Promises Near-Zero On-Site Water Cooling, But the AI Water Crisis Is Far From Solved
On June 22, 2026, at London Climate Week, Nvidia took the stage to unveil a new data center reference design that could dramatically reshape the water footprint of AI infrastructure. The Vera Rubin...
Foxconn's Wisconsin Fumble Becomes Microsoft's AI Triumph as Fairwater Data Center Launches
Microsoft's first Fairwater data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, officially opened its doors on June 23, 2026, marking a dramatic turnaround for a site once synonymous with broken economic...