AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, power and cooling — the announcements that matter, with the analysis and the unanswered questions the press releases leave out.

Microchip and Navitas unveiled an 800V DC-to-6V DC reference design for AI data center racks, targeting 96% peak efficiency and 2,100 W/in³. Pairing Navitas GaN switches with Microchip…

GlobalFoundries and TSMC have reached a $2 billion deal for US-based silicon interposers, the silicon layer that links AI processors to their memory. It brings one step of…

NOARK Electric showcased data center switchgear, switchboards and breakers at Yotta 2026, citing a 75-day order-to-delivery project in North America. Its pitch rests on localized assembly, UL and…

A Super Micro contractor pleaded guilty in a $2.5 billion scheme to divert AI servers with Nvidia chips to China. The case points export-control enforcement at the server…

CoreWeave launched Forge, an AI development platform that links model serving, observability, post-training and evaluation, free to start with paid tiers. Its RL Rollouts preview claims 15x faster…

Frore Systems launched LiquidJet Diamond, a liquid-cooling coldplate with a diamond heat spreader it says yields up to 35% more AI tokens per watt. The bet: in power-capped…

Oracle is trucking compressed natural gas to data centers in Utah and Texas to avoid power delays, and is weighing the same in New Mexico. At 100 megawatts…

Lumentum says its optical component capacity for AI data centers is sold out into early 2029, with demand for some products far outrunning supply. The sellout makes network…

Bitdeer Technologies has secured a 67MW AI data center campus in Malaysia targeted for Q2 2027 delivery, with no customer offtake signed yet. The only Malaysian AI demand…