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Google pledges water replenishment as AI data centers face drought zone scrutiny

Google announced five commitments to reduce water consumption at its AI data centers, including a goal to replenish more water than it uses by 2030. The move comes as analysis reveals two-thirds of 809 planned U.S. data centers will be built in drought-stricken areas, sparking community backlash over environmental concerns and water scarcity issues.

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Google pledges water replenishment as AI data centers face drought zone scrutiny

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Megaport raises $594M to build distributed AI inference cloud across 1,100 data centers

Australian networking company Megaport secured four new AI infrastructure contracts worth $329M with US technology providers and launched a $594M capital raise to pivot from network plumbing to compute. The company plans to build a globally distributed AI inference cloud using Nvidia GPUs across its existing footprint of over 1,100 data centers in 31 countries.

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Megaport raises $594M to build distributed AI inference cloud across 1,100 data centers

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Microchip Technology launches XpressConnect Retimers to tackle latency in AI Data Centers

Microchip Technology has unveiled XpressConnect PCIe 6.0 and CXL 3.1 retimers designed to solve critical latency and signal integrity challenges in AI data centers. The retimers achieve pin-to-pin latency of less than 12 ns—approximately 80% lower than PCIe 6.0 specifications—helping improve utilization of AI accelerators and GPUs while extending signal reach beyond conventional limits.

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Microchip Technology launches XpressConnect Retimers to tackle latency in AI Data Centers

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Perplexity AI unveils hybrid system that splits tasks between your PC and the cloud automatically

Perplexity AI introduced a hybrid local-cloud inference system at Computex that automatically routes AI tasks between personal computers and cloud servers in real time. CEO Aravind Srinivas demonstrated the technology alongside Intel, showing how the system keeps sensitive data on-device while sending complex work to frontier models in the cloud—addressing both privacy concerns and the cost crisis of centralized AI inference.

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Perplexity AI unveils hybrid system that splits tasks between your PC and the cloud automatically

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How Nvidia pushed Micron Technology into the AI boom and a $1 trillion market capitalization

Micron Technology's valuation soared from just over $100 billion to $1 trillion in a year, driven by a strategic pivot from commodity memory chips to specialized high-bandwidth memory for AI. The transformation came after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urged the Idaho-based chipmaker to rethink its approach, pulling it into long-term, higher-margin deals at the center of the AI boom.

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How Nvidia pushed Micron Technology into the AI boom and a $1 trillion market capitalization

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STMicroelectronics doubles data center revenue forecast to $1B on surging AI demand

STMicroelectronics has doubled its data center revenue forecast to $1 billion for 2026, up from previous guidance of over $500 million, citing strong AI infrastructure demand. The Franco-Italian chipmaker's shares surged 10% to a 25-year high following the announcement. The company is also considering expanding its Crolles manufacturing facility to meet rising demand for silicon photonics.

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STMicroelectronics doubles data center revenue forecast to $1B on surging AI demand

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Commonwealth Bank CEO warns AI costs are surging faster than expected, calls out 'work slop'

Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn warned that AI costs are rising unpredictably as companies deploy the technology for complex tasks, introducing the term 'work slop' to describe low-quality AI output flooding corporate workflows. His remarks signal tighter scrutiny of AI spending through 2026 as businesses face pressure to demonstrate returns on investment.

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Commonwealth Bank CEO warns AI costs are surging faster than expected, calls out 'work slop'

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D-Wave Quantum unveils ambitious roadmap to 100 logical qubits by 2032 with federal backing

D-Wave Quantum Inc. announced a gate-model quantum computing roadmap targeting 100 logical qubits capable of over one million operations by 2032. The ambitious plan, backed by $100 million in proposed federal funding under the U.S. CHIPS and Science Act, outlines milestones from 2026 through 2032 using the company's superconducting dual-rail qubit architecture with embedded error detection.

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D-Wave Quantum unveils ambitious roadmap to 100 logical qubits by 2032 with federal backing

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Snapdragon X2 Elite finally lands in a mini PC as ASUS unveils compact desktop powerhouse

ASUS has unveiled the Ascent QN10, the first mini PC powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite processor. The compact desktop marks a shift for Qualcomm's flagship silicon beyond laptops, featuring an 18-core CPU, 80 TOPS AI performance, and positioning itself as Windows' answer to Apple's Mac mini in the emerging AI-focused desktop market.

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Snapdragon X2 Elite finally lands in a mini PC as ASUS unveils compact desktop powerhouse

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Alphabet raises record $85 billion for AI infrastructure in largest equity offering ever

Alphabet closed the largest equity offering in history, raising $85 billion to fund AI infrastructure as capital expenditures reach up to $190 billion in 2026. The fundraising includes a $10 billion investment from Berkshire Hathaway and comes as demand for AI compute exceeds available supply, intensifying competition with upcoming IPOs from Anthropic and OpenAI.

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Alphabet raises record $85 billion for AI infrastructure in largest equity offering ever

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Nvidia RTX Spark debuts at Computex 2026, promising to reinvent the PC for AI agents

Nvidia unveiled its RTX Spark superchip at Computex 2026, marking its first major entry into consumer laptops. The Arm-based chip combines 20 CPU cores, 6,144 GPU cores, and up to 128GB of unified memory. Microsoft, Dell, Asus, HP, Lenovo, and MSI announced RTX Spark devices launching this fall, targeting creators and developers with local AI agent capabilities.

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Nvidia RTX Spark debuts at Computex 2026, promising to reinvent the PC for AI agents

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Top economist claims zero evidence of AI job losses despite 116,000 tech layoffs in 2025

Apollo Global Management's chief economist Torsten Sløk argues there's no proof artificial intelligence is eliminating jobs, pointing to rising employment data. But the claim contradicts widespread tech industry layoffs at companies like Wix, Block, Meta, and Amazon, where AI has been explicitly cited as the reason for cutting thousands of positions.

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Top economist claims zero evidence of AI job losses despite 116,000 tech layoffs in 2025

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Macron secures record €93 billion in AI investment at Choose France summit

Emmanuel Macron's annual Choose France summit at Versailles attracted €93 billion in foreign investment pledges, with major commitments for AI infrastructure and data centers. SoftBank alone committed €45 billion, while Brookfield and Ardian announced billions more for data center investments. The record sum surpasses eight years of previous investments combined.

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Macron secures record €93 billion in AI investment at Choose France summit

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Nutanix Unified Storage Earns NVIDIA Certification to Power Enterprise AI Infrastructure

Nutanix announced its Unified Storage solution achieved NVIDIA certification at the enterprise level, validating its ability to support large-scale production AI workloads. The certification addresses critical infrastructure challenges as enterprises build AI factories, ensuring full-stack interoperability and linear scalability from 10 GB/s for 32 GPUs to 160 GB/s for 1,024 GPUs.

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Nutanix Unified Storage Earns NVIDIA Certification to Power Enterprise AI Infrastructure

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Intel Crescent Island targets AI inference with cheaper memory, air-cooling to challenge Nvidia

Intel unveils Crescent Island, an AI chip designed for inference workloads that uses cost-effective LPDDR5X memory instead of expensive HBM. The air-cooled GPU supports up to 480 GB of memory and ships later this year as Intel pivots from its failed Gaudi training chips to focus on the growing inference market.

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Intel Crescent Island targets AI inference with cheaper memory, air-cooling to challenge Nvidia

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