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Infineon reaches record €4.17 billion revenue as AI data centres drive explosive growth

German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies posted record third-quarter revenue of €4.17 billion, marking a 13% year-over-year increase driven by surging demand for AI data centre power solutions. The company raised its full-year forecast to €16.3 billion as AI-related revenues are projected to exceed €2.5 billion in fiscal 2027, more than tripling from €700 million in 2025.

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Infineon reaches record €4.17 billion revenue as AI data centres drive explosive growth

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SpaceX commits exclusively to Nvidia GPUs as Musk plans orbital AI data centers with Vera Rubin

Elon Musk announced SpaceX and xAI will exclusively use Nvidia GPUs, calling them "the best" available. The partnership includes deploying Vera Rubin NVL72 systems in terrestrial data centers and launching Starmind AI satellites to create orbital compute infrastructure starting 2027, addressing Earth's power and land constraints.

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SpaceX commits exclusively to Nvidia GPUs as Musk plans orbital AI data centers with Vera Rubin

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Samsung debuts zHBM, zNAND-O and 400-layer BV-NAND for AI infrastructure at FMS 2026

Samsung unveiled three next-generation memory technologies at the Future of Memory and Storage 2026 conference. The company introduced zHBM, a vertically stacked high-bandwidth memory architecture, zNAND-O for edge AI applications, and V10 BV-NAND featuring over 400 layers. All three technologies leverage advanced wafer bonding to address the growing demands of AI data centers and infrastructure.

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Samsung debuts zHBM, zNAND-O and 400-layer BV-NAND for AI infrastructure at FMS 2026

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AMD's Data Center Revenue Doubles to $6.7 Billion as AI Chips Drive Growth, Gaming Sales Drop 31%

AMD reported record Q2 2026 revenue of $11.5 billion, up 50% year-over-year, driven by surging demand for AI-focused data-center chips. The company's data center business more than doubled to $6.7 billion, now representing 58% of total revenue. However, gaming revenue fell 31% to $779 million amid console cycle slowdown and component shortages.

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AMD's Data Center Revenue Doubles to $6.7 Billion as AI Chips Drive Growth, Gaming Sales Drop 31%

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DigitalOcean Surpasses Q2 Expectations with 29% Revenue Growth Fueled by Surging AI Demand

DigitalOcean reported stronger-than-expected Q2 results with revenue jumping 29% year-over-year to $281 million, driven by explosive demand for AI services. The company's annualized recurring revenue from AI customers surged 212% to $234 million. CEO Paddy Srinivasan revealed the company is now securing nine-figure annual commitments from AI-focused clients.

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DigitalOcean Surpasses Q2 Expectations with 29% Revenue Growth Fueled by Surging AI Demand

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Marvell Technology Stock Surges 10% on Next-Gen AI Storage Unveiling at Flash Memory Summit 2026

Marvell Technology shares jumped 10% after unveiling next-generation AI memory and storage solutions at Flash Memory Summit 2026. The company introduced the Bravera SC6 PCIe 6.0 SSD controller and rack-scale memory systems designed to address AI memory bottlenecks, while announcing a $250 million India R&D expansion.

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Marvell Technology Stock Surges 10% on Next-Gen AI Storage Unveiling at Flash Memory Summit 2026

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Corvex Stock Surges 88.7% After Securing Multi-Year NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Deal With AI Company

Corvex stock doubled in pre-market trading after the AI cloud-computing company announced a multi-year agreement to provide clusters of NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to an unnamed leading AI company. The deal expands an earlier customer commitment and showcases Corvex's ability to deploy liquid-cooled Blackwell capacity in roughly two weeks.

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Corvex Stock Surges 88.7% After Securing Multi-Year NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs Deal With AI Company

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NVIDIA Open-Sources cuFile API and Launches Storage-Next Initiative With 40+ Industry Partners

NVIDIA announced it is open-sourcing its cuFile API at the Future of Memory and Storage conference, enabling direct GPU-to-storage data access in microseconds. The company also launched Storage-Next, bringing together over 40 storage vendors including DDN, Kioxia, and Micron to standardize GPU-driven storage solutions for AI workloads.

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NVIDIA Open-Sources cuFile API and Launches Storage-Next Initiative With 40+ Industry Partners

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Sharon AI Secures $373 Million Cloud Deal as Pipeline Hits $8.8 Billion Despite Q2 Revenue Miss

Sharon AI announced a $373 million cloud computing service agreement with a global AI platform, bringing its contracted AI factory capacity to 120MW. The deal comes as the Australian AI infrastructure company reported Q2 revenue of $1.93 million against analyst expectations of $7.54 million, while simultaneously revealing an $8.8 billion total contract value pipeline.

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Sharon AI Secures $373 Million Cloud Deal as Pipeline Hits $8.8 Billion Despite Q2 Revenue Miss

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AI Power Demand Crisis Forces Data Centers to Buy Ship Engines for Off-Grid Solutions

A South Korean shipbuilder sold $673.8 million worth of engines to power US data centers off the grid, marking AI's escalating power crunch. HD Hyundai's 1,000 MW engine order highlights how grid interconnection delays are forcing tech companies to build their own power generation, even as volatile power demand damages critical infrastructure.

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AI Power Demand Crisis Forces Data Centers to Buy Ship Engines for Off-Grid Solutions

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US Ban on Chinese AI Hardware Could Disrupt Data Centers and Raise Costs for Amazon, Microsoft

The Trump administration is drafting a ban on Chinese data center components, targeting optical transceivers that power AI infrastructure. Zhongji Innolight and Eoptolink shares plunged 8-16% as the Federal Communications Commission moves to block imports over national security concerns, threatening to disrupt AI supply chains and increase costs for major hyperscalers.

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US Ban on Chinese AI Hardware Could Disrupt Data Centers and Raise Costs for Amazon, Microsoft

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OpenAI Calls Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit 'Careless and Oddly Personal' as Legal Battle Escalates

OpenAI has fired back at Apple's trade secrets lawsuit, calling it 'careless, aggressive and oddly personal' while filing a motion to dismiss. The AI company argues Apple's own security lapses allowed former employees access to systems, and that more than 400 ex-Apple workers now at OpenAI were simply attracted by innovative AI work.

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OpenAI Calls Apple's Trade Secrets Lawsuit 'Careless and Oddly Personal' as Legal Battle Escalates

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Google Builds $200bn AI Chips Infrastructure With Broadcom, Apollo & Blackstone to Power Anthropic

Google has assembled one of the largest infrastructure financing programmes in history—worth roughly $200 billion—to sell Tensor Processing Units to Anthropic. The effort brings together Broadcom, Apollo, Blackstone, and Morgan Stanley in a web of transactions spanning chip manufacturing to data centre development, potentially unlocking $252 billion in TPU revenue by 2028.

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Google Builds $200bn AI Chips Infrastructure With Broadcom, Apollo & Blackstone to Power Anthropic

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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel: AI Glasses Mass Adoption Years Away Despite Strong Q2 Revenue Growth

Snap beat Q2 revenue expectations with $1.6 billion, up 19% year-over-year, as CEO Evan Spiegel positioned the company's $2,195 augmented reality glasses as its biggest bet on the future. Despite unveiling SPECS in September, mass market adoption won't arrive until the end of the decade as Snap pursues an AI-powered computing platform designed to reduce screen time.

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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel: AI Glasses Mass Adoption Years Away Despite Strong Q2 Revenue Growth

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Sandisk and SK hynix Release First HBF Spec: 512GB Capacity, 3 TB/s Bandwidth for AI Inference

Sandisk and SK hynix released the first High Bandwidth Flash technical specification through the Open Compute Project, defining a new memory tier for AI inference systems. The specification establishes capacities up to 512GB with bandwidth ranging from 0.4 TB/s to 3 TB/s, using UCIe interconnect to bridge the gap between HBM performance and NAND capacity.

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Sandisk and SK hynix Release First HBF Spec: 512GB Capacity, 3 TB/s Bandwidth for AI Inference

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