Gigaphoton debuts neon recycling system with claimed 50% recovery rate

New neon gas recycling systems promise to reduce the demand for the noble gas at major chip manufacturers using DUV lithography. But as that technology is supplanted, this much-needed fix may only be needed temporarily.

EV charging company plans to deploy 100,000 Nvidia GPUs in pods at sites across the US

EV charging firm Xeal plans to use its existing U.S. network to deploy the ‘world’s first edge inference compute network using idle EV charging capacity.’

Hackers suspected of using AI agents for cyberattacks on South Korean banks, exposing data from about 25,000 customers

South Korean president Lee Jae Myung told his cabinet that there were signs that hackers used AI to execute the attacks on the banks.

Data center construction spending hits record $85 billion annual pace

Census Bureau data shows U.S. data center construction spending hit a record $85 billion annual rate in August, up 73% in a year.

Qualcomm will pay Huawei to license its patents for the first time in historic turnaround

Huawei and Qualcomm sign a multi-year patent cross-license covering 5G and AI, with Qualcomm buying some Huawei US patents.

OpenAI and Synopsys partner to build “GPT-Synopsys” for autonomous chip design

OpenAI and Synopsys are developing GPT-Synopsys, a specialized semiconductor-design model that will directly operate Synopsys EDA tools

Elon Musk pledges SpaceXSI rebrand after Trump’s executive order to use ‘Super Intelligence’ moniker

Elon Musk says he plans to rename SpaceXAI as SpaceXSI to reflect the new “Super Intelligence” moniker adopted in President Trump’s executive order

Tencent scores 100,000 offshore AI chip deal with Oracle for $7 billion despite climbing prices

Tencent is reportedly renting 100,000 AI chips from Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia for about $7 billion over five years.

Amazon ends secret data center pacts and pledges $1 billion to host towns

AWS’ Data Center Commitment program aims to sweeten the pill for those who live near AI data centers.

Google AI data center project investigated after 420 football fields of Finnish forest demolished
Google AI data center project investigated after 420 football fields of Finnish forest demolished

Google’s latest data center construction project in Finland is being investigated after the company representing the search giant reportedly cleared over 300 hectares of forest before obtaining a mandatory environmental impact assessment.